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Dukes County Facts

Census Statistics

	Dukes County	Massachusetts
Population, 2003 estimate	15,601	6,433,422
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	4.1%	1.3%
Population, 2000	14,987	6,349,097
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	28.8%	5.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.5%	6.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	22.7%	23.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	14.4%	13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.1%	51.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	90.7%	84.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.4%	5.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.7%	0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.5%	3.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	3.2%	2.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.0%	6.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	90.0%	81.9%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	61.2%	58.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	6.3%	12.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	8.2%	18.7%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	90.4%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	38.4%	33.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	2,528	1,084,746
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	16.5	27.0?
Housing units, 2002	15,198	2,649,029
Homeownership rate, 2000	71.3%	61.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	6.3%	42.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$304,000	$185,700?
Households, 2000	6,421	2,443,580
Persons per household, 2000	2.30	2.51
Median household income, 1999	$45,559	$50,502
Per capita money income, 1999	$26,472	$25,952
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	7.3%	9.3%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	994	177,434
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	5,027	3,129,980
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.2%	1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	3,008	410,481
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	77,876,576
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	207,564	58,578,048
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$15,272	$9,579
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	7.3%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	22.7%	26.6%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	210	17,465
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	66,762	47,480,206
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	104	7,840
Persons per square mile, 2000	144.4	809.8
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	007	25

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