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Okaloosa County Facts

Census Statistics

	Okaloosa County	Florida
Population, 2003 estimate	178,104	17,019,068
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	4.5%	6.5%
Population, 2000	170,498	15,982,378
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	18.6%	23.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.4%	5.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.7%	22.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.1%	17.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.5%	51.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	83.4%	78.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	9.1%	14.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.3%	3.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	3.0%	2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	4.3%	16.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	81.0%	65.4%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	46.4%	48.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	5.3%	16.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	7.9%	23.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	88.0%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	24.2%	22.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	29,071	3,274,566
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	21.9	26.2?
Housing units, 2002	81,511	7,624,378
Homeownership rate, 2000	66.4%	70.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	24.6%	29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$101,200	$105,500?
Households, 2000	66,269	6,337,929
Persons per household, 2000	2.49	2.46
Median household income, 1999	$41,474	$38,819
Per capita money income, 1999	$20,918	$21,557
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	8.8%	12.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	4,771	434,583
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	60,333	6,431,696
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	3.5%	3.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	11,386	1,074,020
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	296,471	77,477,510
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,754,851	151,191,241
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$10,468	$10,297
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	9.4%	22.0%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	31.3%	25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,936	185,431
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	2,591,614	104,813,756
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	936	53,927
Persons per square mile, 2000	182.2	296.4
Metropolitan Area	Fort Walton Beach, F	?
FIPS Code	091	12

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