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Hartford County Facts

Census Statistics

	Hartford County	Connecticut
Population, 2003 estimate	871,457	3,483,372
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.7%	2.3%
Population, 2000	857,183	3,405,565
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	0.6%	3.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.4%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.6%	24.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	14.7%	13.8%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.9%	51.6%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	76.9%	81.6%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	11.7%	9.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.4%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	6.4%	4.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.3%	2.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	11.5%	9.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	73.0%	77.5%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	58.0%	58.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	11.7%	10.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	21.7%	18.3%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	82.4%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	29.6%	31.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	145,369	546,813
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	21.9	24.4?
Housing units, 2002	356,233	1,402,643
Homeownership rate, 2000	64.2%	66.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	39.0%	35.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$147,300	$166,900?
Households, 2000	335,098	1,301,670
Persons per household, 2000	2.48	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$50,756	$53,935
Per capita money income, 1999	$26,047	$28,766
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	9.3%	7.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	23,001	92,105
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	477,530	1,555,214
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.2%	0.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	47,743	217,323
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	11,319,796	46,938,210
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	8,829,023	34,938,893
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$10,669	$10,690
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	8.7%	7.2%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.0%	25.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	2,284	9,731
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	8,067,531	25,387,113
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	735	4,845
Persons per square mile, 2000	1,165.5	702.9
Metropolitan Area	Hartford, CT NECMA	?
FIPS Code	003	09

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