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Valdez-Cordova County Facts

Census Statistics

	Valdez-Cordova County	Alaska
Population, 2003 estimate	9,933	648,818
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-2.6%	3.5%
Population, 2000	10,195	626,932
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	2.8%	14.0%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.7%	7.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	29.6%	30.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	6.0%	5.7%
Female persons, percent, 2000	46.8%	48.3%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	75.9%	69.3%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	3.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	13.3%	15.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.6%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.3%	0.5%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.1%	1.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	5.6%	5.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	2.8%	4.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	74.7%	67.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	52.1%	46.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	5.1%	5.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	9.0%	14.3%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	88.5%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	21.2%	24.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	1,184	83,220
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	12.7	19.6?
Housing units, 2002	5,181	265,377
Homeownership rate, 2000	67.9%	62.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	20.2%	27.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$141,300	$144,200?
Households, 2000	3,884	221,600
Persons per household, 2000	2.58	2.74
Median household income, 1999	$48,734	$51,571
Per capita money income, 1999	$23,046	$22,660
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	9.8%	9.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	447	18,589
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	2,585	214,297
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	5.7%	4.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,174	47,691
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	3,304,952
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	81,716	6,251,372
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$7,904	$10,268
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.8%	16.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	19.5%	25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	14	3,003
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	90,083	7,561,711
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	34,319	571,951
Persons per square mile, 2000	0.3	1.1
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	261	02

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