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Leon County Facts

Census Statistics

	Leon County	Florida
Population, 2003 estimate	242,577	17,019,068
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.3%	6.5%
Population, 2000	239,452	15,982,378
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	24.4%	23.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.7%	5.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	21.3%	22.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	8.3%	17.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.3%	51.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	66.4%	78.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	29.1%	14.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.9%	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	1.5%	2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	3.5%	16.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	64.1%	65.4%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	41.0%	48.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	4.7%	16.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	7.6%	23.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	89.1%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	41.7%	22.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	31,077	3,274,566
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	21.7	26.2?
Housing units, 2002	108,388	7,624,378
Homeownership rate, 2000	57.0%	70.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	30.9%	29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$110,900	$105,500?
Households, 2000	96,521	6,337,929
Persons per household, 2000	2.34	2.46
Median household income, 1999	$37,517	$38,819
Per capita money income, 1999	$21,024	$21,557
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	18.2%	12.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	6,539	434,583
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	92,853	6,431,696
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	3.0%	3.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	13,375	1,074,020
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	557,648	77,477,510
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	2,244,368	151,191,241
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$10,476	$10,297
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	12.3%	22.0%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	25.5%	25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	2,694	185,431
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	4,050,746	104,813,756
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	667	53,927
Persons per square mile, 2000	359.1	296.4
Metropolitan Area	Tallahassee, FL MSA	?
FIPS Code	073	12

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