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Gwinnett County Facts

Census Statistics

	Gwinnett County	Georgia
Population, 2003 estimate	673,345	8,684,715
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	14.4%	6.1%
Population, 2000	588,448	8,186,453
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	66.7%	26.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	8.0%	7.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	28.2%	26.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	5.4%	9.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.6%	50.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	72.7%	65.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	13.3%	28.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	7.2%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	4.3%	2.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.2%	1.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	10.9%	5.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	67.0%	62.6%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	41.7%	49.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	16.9%	7.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	21.2%	9.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	87.3%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	34.1%	24.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	76,647	1,456,812
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	32.2	27.7?
Housing units, 2002	235,921	3,487,088
Homeownership rate, 2000	72.4%	67.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	22.4%	20.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$142,100	$111,200?
Households, 2000	202,317	3,006,369
Persons per household, 2000	2.88	2.65
Median household income, 1999	$60,537	$42,433
Per capita money income, 1999	$25,006	$21,154
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	5.7%	13.0%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	18,360	202,505
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	301,501	3,498,583
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	4.9%	0.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	42,951	468,430
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	6,241,653	124,526,834
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	6,828,970	72,212,484
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$13,640	$9,646
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	15.9%	15.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	23.3%	25.6%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	10,362	97,523
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	1,161,241	51,335,502
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	433	57,906
Persons per square mile, 2000	1,359.9	141.4
Metropolitan Area	Atlanta, GA MSA	?
FIPS Code	135	13

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