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People QuickFacts	USA
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%
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 (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	25.5
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
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
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

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

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

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