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Cheshire County Facts

Census Statistics

	Cheshire County	New Hampshire
Population, 2003 estimate	75,965	1,287,687
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.9%	4.2%
Population, 2000	73,825	1,235,786
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	5.3%	11.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.2%	6.1%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	23.3%	25.0%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	13.7%	12.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.3%	50.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	97.8%	96.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.9%	1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.7%	1.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	97.3%	95.1%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	57.5%	55.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.2%	4.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	5.0%	8.3%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	86.2%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	26.6%	28.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	12,320	193,893
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	22.3	25.3?
Housing units, 2002	32,419	561,178
Homeownership rate, 2000	70.8%	69.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	22.3%	26.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$105,300	$133,300?
Households, 2000	28,299	474,606
Persons per household, 2000	2.47	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$42,382	$49,467
Per capita money income, 1999	$20,685	$23,844
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	8.0%	6.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,967	37,312
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	29,502	556,877
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.9%	1.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	5,291	88,899
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	787,340	19,813,107
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	1,077,292	15,812,027
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$14,995	$13,477
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	1.9%	2.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	20.4%	23.6%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	337	8,708
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	325,344	6,937,058
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	707	8,968
Persons per square mile, 2000	104.4	137.8
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	005	33

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