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Sarasota County Facts

Census Statistics

	Sarasota County	Florida
Population, 2003 estimate	346,793	17,019,068
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	6.4%	6.5%
Population, 2000	325,957	15,982,378
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	17.3%	23.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	3.9%	5.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	16.2%	22.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	31.5%	17.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.6%	51.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	92.6%	78.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	4.2%	14.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.1%	3.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.0%	2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	4.3%	16.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	89.8%	65.4%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	51.4%	48.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	9.3%	16.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	10.5%	23.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	87.1%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	27.4%	22.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	68,356	3,274,566
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	21.8	26.2?
Housing units, 2002	190,724	7,624,378
Homeownership rate, 2000	79.1%	70.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	25.2%	29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$122,000	$105,500?
Households, 2000	149,937	6,337,929
Persons per household, 2000	2.13	2.46
Median household income, 1999	$41,957	$38,819
Per capita money income, 1999	$28,326	$21,557
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	7.8%	12.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	11,493	434,583
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	156,453	6,431,696
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-2.8%	3.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	28,961	1,074,020
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	872,574	77,477,510
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	3,606,588	151,191,241
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$12,011	$10,297
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	6.4%	22.0%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.3%	25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	5,322	185,431
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	2,354,240	104,813,756
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	572	53,927
Persons per square mile, 2000	570.3	296.4
Metropolitan Area	Sarasota-Bradenton,	?
FIPS Code	115	12

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