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Forsyth County Facts

Census Statistics

	Forsyth County	Georgia
Population, 2003 estimate	123,811	8,684,715
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	25.8%	6.1%
Population, 2000	98,407	8,186,453
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	123.2%	26.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	9.5%	7.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	27.9%	26.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	7.1%	9.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.3%	50.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	95.0%	65.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	28.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	2.3%	2.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.9%	1.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	5.6%	5.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	92.3%	62.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	40.6%	49.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	6.0%	7.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	8.6%	9.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	85.7%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	34.6%	24.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	12,392	1,456,812
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	33.2	27.7?
Housing units, 2002	42,991	3,487,088
Homeownership rate, 2000	88.0%	67.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	2.2%	20.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$184,600	$111,200?
Households, 2000	34,565	3,006,369
Persons per household, 2000	2.83	2.65
Median household income, 1999	$68,890	$42,433
Per capita money income, 1999	$29,114	$21,154
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	5.5%	13.0%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	2,463	202,505
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	30,225	3,498,583
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.8%	0.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	6,343	468,430
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	701,325	124,526,834
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	653,899	72,212,484
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,566	$9,646
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	2.9%	15.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	19.2%	25.6%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	2,448	97,523
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	184,202	51,335,502
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	226	57,906
Persons per square mile, 2000	435.8	141.4
Metropolitan Area	Atlanta, GA MSA	?
FIPS Code	117	13

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