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People QuickFacts USA
Population, 2001 estimate 284,796,887
Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 1.2%
Population, 2000 281,421,906
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 13.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 25.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2000 50.9%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)75.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)0.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)5.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)12.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 69.1%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 25.5
Housing units, 2000 115,904,641
Homeownership rate, 2000 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $119,600
Households, 2000 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.59
Median household money income, 1999 $41,994
Per capita money income, 1999 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 12.4%

Business QuickFacts USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 7,008,444
Private nonfarm employment, 1999 110,705,661
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 18.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 1999 16,152,604
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 3,842,061,405
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 2,460,886,012
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $9,190
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 14.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 26.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 1,592,267
Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 1,763,896,019
Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 10,227,429

Geography QuickFacts USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000 79.6

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, County Business Patterns, 1997 Economic Census, Minority- and Women-Owned Business, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, 1997 Census of Governments