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Hernando County Facts

Census Statistics

	Hernando County	Florida
Population, 2003 estimate	143,449	17,019,068
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	9.7%	6.5%
Population, 2000	130,802	15,982,378
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	29.4%	23.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	4.5%	5.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	18.9%	22.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	30.9%	17.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.5%	51.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	92.9%	78.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	4.1%	14.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.0%	3.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.1%	2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	5.0%	16.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	89.2%	65.4%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	54.9%	48.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	5.3%	16.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	9.3%	23.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	78.5%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	12.7%	22.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	33,524	3,274,566
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	29.3	26.2?
Housing units, 2002	65,639	7,624,378
Homeownership rate, 2000	86.5%	70.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	4.3%	29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$87,300	$105,500?
Households, 2000	55,425	6,337,929
Persons per household, 2000	2.32	2.46
Median household income, 1999	$32,572	$38,819
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,321	$21,557
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	10.3%	12.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	2,380	434,583
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	23,756	6,431,696
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.6%	3.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	6,777	1,074,020
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	235,243	77,477,510
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	821,522	151,191,241
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,626	$10,297
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	6.9%	22.0%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	19.8%	25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,847	185,431
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	965,924	104,813,756
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	478	53,927
Persons per square mile, 2000	273.5	296.4
Metropolitan Area	Tampa-St. Petersburg	?
FIPS Code	053	12

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