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Hampshire County Facts

Census Statistics

	Hampshire County	Massachusetts
Population, 2003 estimate	155,101	6,433,422
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.9%	1.3%
Population, 2000	152,251	6,349,097
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	3.9%	5.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	4.6%	6.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	19.6%	23.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.0%	13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2000	53.4%	51.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	91.1%	84.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.0%	5.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.4%	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	1.8%	2.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	3.4%	6.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	89.5%	81.9%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	53.9%	58.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	6.6%	12.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	11.7%	18.7%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	89.4%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	37.9%	33.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	22,664	1,084,746
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	21.9	27.0?
Housing units, 2002	59,274	2,649,029
Homeownership rate, 2000	65.0%	61.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	34.3%	42.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$142,400	$185,700?
Households, 2000	55,991	2,443,580
Persons per household, 2000	2.39	2.51
Median household income, 1999	$46,098	$50,502
Per capita money income, 1999	$21,685	$25,952
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	9.4%	9.3%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	3,671	177,434
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	46,790	3,129,980
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.7%	1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	11,097	410,481
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,048,267	77,876,576
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	964,589	58,578,048
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,415	$9,579
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	7.2%	7.3%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	32.4%	26.6%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	503	17,465
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	728,561	47,480,206
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	529	7,840
Persons per square mile, 2000	287.8	809.8
Metropolitan Area	Springfield, MA NECM	?
FIPS Code	015	25

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