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Palm Beach County Facts

Census Statistics

	Palm Beach County	Florida
Population, 2003 estimate	1,216,282	17,019,068
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	7.5%	6.5%
Population, 2000	1,131,184	15,982,378
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	31.0%	23.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.6%	5.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	21.3%	22.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	23.2%	17.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.7%	51.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	79.1%	78.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	13.8%	14.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	3.0%	3.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.4%	2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	12.4%	16.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	70.6%	65.4%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	49.5%	48.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	17.4%	16.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	21.7%	23.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	83.6%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	27.7%	22.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	224,178	3,274,566
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	25.7	26.2?
Housing units, 2002	576,418	7,624,378
Homeownership rate, 2000	74.7%	70.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	41.1%	29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$135,200	$105,500?
Households, 2000	474,175	6,337,929
Persons per household, 2000	2.34	2.46
Median household income, 1999	$45,062	$38,819
Per capita money income, 1999	$28,801	$21,557
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	9.9%	12.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	37,392	434,583
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	469,242	6,431,696
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	4.6%	3.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	88,598	1,074,020
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	6,344,506	77,477,510
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	11,731,186	151,191,241
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$11,561	$10,297
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	12.7%	22.0%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.4%	25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	12,960	185,431
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	7,138,767	104,813,756
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,974	53,927
Persons per square mile, 2000	573.0	296.4
Metropolitan Area	West Palm Beach-Boca	?
FIPS Code	099	12

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