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Sussex County Facts

Census Statistics

	Sussex County	Delaware
Population, 2003 estimate	168,027	817,491
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	7.3%	4.3%
Population, 2000	156,638	783,600
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	38.3%	17.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.8%	6.6%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	22.5%	24.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	18.5%	13.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.1%	51.4%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	80.3%	74.6%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	14.9%	19.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	2.0%	2.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.4%	1.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	4.4%	4.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	78.5%	72.5%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	58.3%	56.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	4.5%	5.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	7.1%	9.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	76.5%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	16.6%	25.0%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	32,409	131,794
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	24.0	24.0?
Housing units, 2002	96,242	352,031
Homeownership rate, 2000	80.7%	72.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	9.7%	18.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$122,400	$130,400?
Households, 2000	62,577	298,736
Persons per household, 2000	2.45	2.54
Median household income, 1999	$39,208	$47,381
Per capita money income, 1999	$20,328	$23,305
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	10.5%	9.2%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	4,681	24,074
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	51,491	389,376
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.5%	3.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	10,402	41,082
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	2,696,807	13,397,302
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,544,548	8,236,970
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$11,536	$11,206
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	7.8%	9.4%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	23.0%	24.1%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	2,624	6,331
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	902,461	4,765,915
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	938	1,954
Persons per square mile, 2000	167.1	401.1
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	005	10

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