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Alachua County Facts

Census Statistics

	Alachua County	Florida
Population, 2003 estimate	223,578	17,019,068
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.6%	6.5%
Population, 2000	217,955	15,982,378
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	20.0%	23.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.1%	5.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	20.2%	22.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	9.6%	17.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.2%	51.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	73.5%	78.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	19.3%	14.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.4%	3.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.0%	2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	5.7%	16.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	69.7%	65.4%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	39.9%	48.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	7.3%	16.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	11.5%	23.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	88.1%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	38.7%	22.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	32,822	3,274,566
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	21.1	26.2?
Housing units, 2002	99,495	7,624,378
Homeownership rate, 2000	54.9%	70.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	36.3%	29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$97,300	$105,500?
Households, 2000	87,509	6,337,929
Persons per household, 2000	2.34	2.46
Median household income, 1999	$31,426	$38,819
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,465	$21,557
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	22.8%	12.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	5,186	434,583
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	84,779	6,431,696
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	4.1%	3.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	12,162	1,074,020
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,010,325	77,477,510
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,934,539	151,191,241
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,791	$10,297
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	11.4%	22.0%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	36.2%	25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,791	185,431
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	1,340,911	104,813,756
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	874	53,927
Persons per square mile, 2000	249.3	296.4
Metropolitan Area	Gainesville, FL MSA	?
FIPS Code	001	12

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