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Charlotte County Facts

Census Statistics

	Charlotte County	Florida
Population, 2003 estimate	153,392	17,019,068
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	8.3%	6.5%
Population, 2000	141,627	15,982,378
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	27.6%	23.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	3.7%	5.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	15.7%	22.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	34.7%	17.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.2%	51.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	92.6%	78.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	4.4%	14.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	3.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.1%	2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	3.3%	16.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	90.4%	65.4%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	52.5%	48.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	8.0%	16.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	8.2%	23.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	82.1%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	17.6%	22.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	33,423	3,274,566
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.6	26.2?
Housing units, 2002	83,413	7,624,378
Homeownership rate, 2000	83.7%	70.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	15.7%	29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$97,000	$105,500?
Households, 2000	63,864	6,337,929
Persons per household, 2000	2.18	2.46
Median household income, 1999	$36,379	$38,819
Per capita money income, 1999	$21,806	$21,557
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	8.2%	12.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	3,149	434,583
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	29,956	6,431,696
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-5.5%	3.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	9,012	1,074,020
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	77,742	77,477,510
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,063,313	151,191,241
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,035	$10,297
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	9.5%	22.0%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	27.9%	25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,992	185,431
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	929,652	104,813,756
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	694	53,927
Persons per square mile, 2000	204.2	296.4
Metropolitan Area	Punta Gorda, FL MSA	?
FIPS Code	015	12

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