Accomack County Facts

Census Statistics

	Accomack County	Virginia
Population, 2003 estimate	39,025	7,386,330
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.9%	4.3%
Population, 2000	38,305	7,078,515
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	20.8%	14.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.1%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.3%	24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	16.7%	11.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.5%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	63.4%	72.3%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	31.6%	19.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	3.6%	2.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.9%	2.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	5.4%	4.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	61.9%	70.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	60.3%	52.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	4.2%	8.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	6.7%	11.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	67.9%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	13.5%	29.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	7,608	1,155,083
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	23.0	27.0?
Housing units, 2002	19,797	3,006,877
Homeownership rate, 2000	75.1%	68.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	3.7%	21.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$79,300	$125,400?
Households, 2000	15,299	2,699,173
Persons per household, 2000	2.45	2.54
Median household income, 1999	$30,250	$46,677
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,309	$23,975
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	18.0%	9.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	815	176,532
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	9,013	2,943,854
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	3.8%	1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	2,138	373,384
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	244,456	83,814,009
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	180,465	62,569,924
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,622	$9,293
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	7.2%	14.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	19.0%	27.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	172	59,445
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	336,986	74,536,593
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	455	39,594
Persons per square mile, 2000	84.1	178.8
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	001	51

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