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Monterey County Facts

Census Statistics

	Monterey County	California
Population, 2003 estimate	414,449	35,484,453
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.2%	4.8%
Population, 2000	401,762	33,871,648
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	13.0%	13.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.8%	7.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	28.4%	27.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	10.0%	10.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	48.2%	50.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	55.9%	59.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.7%	6.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.0%	1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	6.0%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.4%	0.3%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	27.8%	16.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	5.0%	4.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	46.8%	32.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	40.3%	46.7%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	48.8%	50.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	29.0%	26.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	47.3%	39.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	68.4%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	22.5%	26.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	69,898	5,923,361
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.2	27.7?
Housing units, 2002	134,531	12,507,767
Homeownership rate, 2000	54.6%	56.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	26.1%	31.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$265,800	$211,500?
Households, 2000	121,236	11,502,870
Persons per household, 2000	3.14	2.87
Median household income, 1999	$48,305	$47,493
Per capita money income, 1999	$20,165	$22,711
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	13.5%	14.2%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	8,719	806,733
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	106,740	13,239,616
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.6%	2.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	20,971	2,103,178
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,329,405	379,612,443
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	3,035,858	263,118,346
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,459	$8,167
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	22.9%	28.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	28.2%	27.3%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,222	159,573
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	2,034,458	206,401,495
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	3,322	155,959
Persons per square mile, 2000	120.9	217.2
Metropolitan Area	Salinas, CA MSA	?
FIPS Code	053	06

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