People QuickFacts |
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Population, 2003 estimate | 290,809,777 |
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 | 3.3% |
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% |
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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% |
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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 (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 | 25.5 |
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Housing units, 2002 | 119,302,132 |
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 |
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Households, 2000 | 105,480,101 |
Persons per household, 2000 | 2.59 |
Median household income, 1999 | $41,994 |
Per capita money income, 1999 | $21,587 |
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 | 12.4% |
Business QuickFacts |
USA |
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Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 | 7,095,302 |
Private nonfarm employment, 2001 | 115,061,184 |
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 | 0.9% |
Nonemployer establishments, 2000 | 16,529,955 |
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, 2002 | 1,747,678 |
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) | 1,901,247,889 |