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Fresno County Facts

Census Statistics

	Fresno County	California
Population, 2003 estimate	850,325	35,484,453
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	6.4%	4.8%
Population, 2000	799,407	33,871,648
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	19.8%	13.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	8.5%	7.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	32.1%	27.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	9.9%	10.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.9%	50.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	54.3%	59.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	5.3%	6.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.6%	1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	8.1%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.3%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	25.9%	16.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	4.7%	4.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	44.0%	32.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	39.7%	46.7%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	51.0%	50.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	21.1%	26.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	40.8%	39.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	67.5%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	17.5%	26.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	153,545	5,923,361
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	22.2	27.7?
Housing units, 2002	277,810	12,507,767
Homeownership rate, 2000	56.5%	56.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	26.6%	31.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$104,900	$211,500?
Households, 2000	252,940	11,502,870
Persons per household, 2000	3.09	2.87
Median household income, 1999	$34,725	$47,493
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,495	$22,711
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	22.9%	14.2%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	15,337	806,733
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	218,995	13,239,616
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	2.8%	2.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	31,843	2,103,178
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	5,667,592	379,612,443
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	5,574,643	263,118,346
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$7,427	$8,167
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	31.6%	28.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	25.6%	27.3%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	3,837	159,573
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	3,775,225	206,401,495
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	5,963	155,959
Persons per square mile, 2000	134.1	217.2
Metropolitan Area	Fresno, CA MSA	?
FIPS Code	019	06

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