Mohave County Facts

Census Statistics

	Mohave County	Arizona
Population, 2003 estimate	171,367	5,580,811
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	10.5%	8.8%
Population, 2000	155,032	5,130,632
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	65.8%	40.0%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.0%	7.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	23.1%	26.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	20.5%	13.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.3%	50.1%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	90.1%	75.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	3.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.4%	5.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	4.0%	11.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.1%	2.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	11.1%	25.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	84.0%	63.8%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	46.2%	44.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	5.9%	12.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	10.7%	25.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	77.5%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	9.9%	23.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	37,799	902,252
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	20.6	24.9?
Housing units, 2002	85,041	2,328,720
Homeownership rate, 2000	73.6%	68.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	10.9%	22.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$95,300	$121,300?
Households, 2000	62,809	1,901,327
Persons per household, 2000	2.45	2.64
Median household income, 1999	$31,521	$40,558
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,788	$20,275
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	13.9%	13.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	3,492	116,304
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	35,897	1,941,599
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	3.0%	1.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	7,668	268,969
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	760,367	43,030,348
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,236,918	43,960,933
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,638	$9,657
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	7.0%	13.2%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	28.4%	27.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	2,795	66,031
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	884,641	34,761,140
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	13,312	113,635
Persons per square mile, 2000	11.6	45.2
Metropolitan Area	Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA	?
FIPS Code	015	04

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