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Monroe County Facts

Census Statistics

	Monroe County	New York
Population, 2003 estimate	736,738	19,190,115
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	0.2%	1.1%
Population, 2000	735,343	18,976,457
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	3.0%	5.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.4%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.6%	24.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	13.0%	12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.8%	51.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	79.1%	67.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	13.7%	15.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.4%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	2.4%	7.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.9%	3.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	5.3%	15.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	77.1%	62.0%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	57.4%	61.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	7.3%	20.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	12.1%	28.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	84.9%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	31.2%	27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	119,598	3,606,147
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	19.6	31.7?
Housing units, 2002	308,063	7,754,508
Homeownership rate, 2000	65.1%	53.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	31.6%	50.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$98,700	$148,700?
Households, 2000	286,512	7,056,860
Persons per household, 2000	2.47	2.61
Median household income, 1999	$44,891	$43,393
Per capita money income, 1999	$22,821	$23,389
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	11.2%	14.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	16,828	493,863
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	359,832	7,428,349
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-0.8%	1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	38,051	1,202,943
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	21,774,715	146,720,195
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	6,513,211	139,303,944
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,076	$7,678
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	9.4%	19.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	30.7%	26.1%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	2,064	49,149
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	4,055,234	128,994,460
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	659	47,214
Persons per square mile, 2000	1,115.3	401.9
Metropolitan Area	Rochester, NY MSA	?
FIPS Code	055	36

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