Placer County Facts

Census Statistics

	Placer County	California
Population, 2003 estimate	292,235	35,484,453
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	17.6%	4.8%
Population, 2000	248,399	33,871,648
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	43.8%	13.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.4%	7.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.5%	27.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	13.1%	10.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.9%	50.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	88.6%	59.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	6.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.9%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.2%	0.3%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	3.4%	16.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	3.2%	4.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	9.7%	32.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	83.4%	46.7%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	47.4%	50.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	7.1%	26.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	10.6%	39.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	90.5%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	30.3%	26.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	37,907	5,923,361
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	27.0	27.7?
Housing units, 2002	120,589	12,507,767
Homeownership rate, 2000	73.2%	56.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	15.9%	31.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$213,900	$211,500?
Households, 2000	93,382	11,502,870
Persons per household, 2000	2.63	2.87
Median household income, 1999	$57,535	$47,493
Per capita money income, 1999	$27,963	$22,711
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	5.8%	14.2%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	7,685	806,733
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	107,395	13,239,616
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	14.3%	2.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	19,323	2,103,178
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	3,808,390	379,612,443
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	2,666,581	263,118,346
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$12,095	$8,167
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	9.9%	28.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.8%	27.3%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	7,137	159,573
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	1,072,292	206,401,495
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,404	155,959
Persons per square mile, 2000	176.9	217.2
Metropolitan Area	Sacramento, CA PMSA	?
FIPS Code	061	06

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