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Franklin County Facts

Census Statistics

	Franklin County	Massachusetts
Population, 2003 estimate	72,204	6,433,422
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	0.9%	1.3%
Population, 2000	71,535	6,349,097
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	2.1%	5.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.2%	6.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	23.5%	23.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	14.2%	13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.6%	51.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	95.4%	84.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	5.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	3.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.6%	2.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	2.0%	6.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	94.4%	81.9%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	61.4%	58.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	3.6%	12.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	6.2%	18.7%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	88.0%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	29.1%	33.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	12,255	1,084,746
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.7	27.0?
Housing units, 2002	32,236	2,649,029
Homeownership rate, 2000	66.9%	61.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	29.8%	42.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$119,000	$185,700?
Households, 2000	29,466	2,443,580
Persons per household, 2000	2.38	2.51
Median household income, 1999	$40,768	$50,502
Per capita money income, 1999	$20,672	$25,952
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	9.4%	9.3%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,786	177,434
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	24,338	3,129,980
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.7%	1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	5,241	410,481
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	755,966	77,876,576
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	410,816	58,578,048
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,800	$9,579
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	2.6%	7.3%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	28.8%	26.6%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	241	17,465
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	337,336	47,480,206
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	702	7,840
Persons per square mile, 2000	101.9	809.8
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	011	25

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