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Mercer County Facts

Census Statistics

	Mercer County	North Dakota
Population, 2003 estimate	8,449	633,837
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-2.3%	-1.3%
Population, 2000	8,644	642,200
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-11.9%	0.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	4.6%	6.1%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	29.1%	25.0%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	14.3%	14.7%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.7%	50.1%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	96.0%	92.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	Z	0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.0%	4.9%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.4%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.2%	1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.4%	1.2%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	95.8%	91.7%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	73.6%	56.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.5%	1.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	12.7%	6.3%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	79.0%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	14.4%	22.0%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	1,357	97,817
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	14.8	15.8?
Housing units, 2002	4,433	294,165
Homeownership rate, 2000	84.5%	66.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	14.4%	24.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$62,500	$74,400?
Households, 2000	3,346	257,152
Persons per household, 2000	2.55	2.41
Median household income, 1999	$42,269	$34,604
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,256	$17,769
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	7.5%	11.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	250	20,206
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	3,457	257,335
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.7%	0.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	458	39,624
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	5,115,890
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	56,153	6,702,134
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,920	$10,457
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	2.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	16.3%	22.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	6	3,265
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	43,483	6,436,570
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,045	68,976
Persons per square mile, 2000	8.3	9.3
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	057	38

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