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Yuma County Facts

Census Statistics

	Yuma County	Arizona
Population, 2003 estimate	171,134	5,580,811
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	6.9%	8.8%
Population, 2000	160,026	5,130,632
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	49.7%	40.0%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.9%	7.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	28.9%	26.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	16.5%	13.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.5%	50.1%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	68.3%	75.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.2%	3.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.6%	5.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	23.6%	11.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	3.2%	2.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	50.5%	25.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	44.3%	63.8%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	46.1%	44.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	24.0%	12.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	45.5%	25.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	65.8%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	11.8%	23.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	29,281	902,252
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	18.6	24.9?
Housing units, 2002	77,568	2,328,720
Homeownership rate, 2000	72.3%	68.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	12.0%	22.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$85,100	$121,300?
Households, 2000	53,848	1,901,327
Persons per household, 2000	2.86	2.64
Median household income, 1999	$32,182	$40,558
Per capita money income, 1999	$14,802	$20,275
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	19.2%	13.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	2,539	116,304
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	32,820	1,941,599
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	5.1%	1.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	4,693	268,969
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	389,463	43,030,348
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,035,665	43,960,933
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,024	$9,657
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	27.6%	13.2%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.5%	27.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,726	66,031
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	900,761	34,761,140
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	5,514	113,635
Persons per square mile, 2000	29.0	45.2
Metropolitan Area	Yuma, AZ MSA	?
FIPS Code	027	04

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