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Cape May County Facts

Census Statistics

	Cape May County	New Jersey
Population, 2003 estimate	101,845	8,638,396
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-0.5%	2.7%
Population, 2000	102,326	8,414,350
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	7.6%	8.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.1%	6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	22.3%	24.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	20.2%	13.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.9%	51.5%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	91.6%	72.6%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	5.1%	13.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.3%	5.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.2%	2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	3.3%	13.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	90.0%	66.0%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	61.1%	59.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	3.2%	17.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	6.6%	25.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	81.9%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	22.0%	29.8%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	19,396	1,389,811
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.2	30.0?
Housing units, 2002	93,451	3,372,572
Homeownership rate, 2000	74.2%	65.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	36.2%	36.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$137,600	$170,800?
Households, 2000	42,148	3,064,645
Persons per household, 2000	2.36	2.68
Median household income, 1999	$41,591	$55,146
Per capita money income, 1999	$24,172	$27,006
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	8.6%	8.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	4,012	234,558
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	26,099	3,622,788
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.6%	2.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	6,790	482,699
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	110,364	97,060,800
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	961,058	79,914,892
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,814	$9,922
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	2.6%	15.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	17.3%	23.7%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,422	30,441
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	636,023	50,673,011
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	255	7,417
Persons per square mile, 2000	401.0	1,134.4
Metropolitan Area	Atlantic-Cape May, N	?
FIPS Code	009	34

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