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Chesterfield County Facts

Census Statistics

	Chesterfield County	Virginia
Population, 2003 estimate	276,840	7,386,330
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	6.5%	4.3%
Population, 2000	259,903	7,078,515
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	24.0%	14.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.7%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	28.3%	24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	8.1%	11.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.3%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	76.7%	72.3%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	17.8%	19.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.4%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.3%	2.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.4%	2.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	2.9%	4.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	75.4%	70.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	54.8%	52.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	5.2%	8.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	7.8%	11.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	88.1%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	32.6%	29.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	33,715	1,155,083
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	26.1	27.0?
Housing units, 2002	102,926	3,006,877
Homeownership rate, 2000	80.9%	68.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	11.9%	21.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$120,500	$125,400?
Households, 2000	93,772	2,699,173
Persons per household, 2000	2.73	2.54
Median household income, 1999	$58,537	$46,677
Per capita money income, 1999	$25,286	$23,975
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	4.5%	9.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	5,558	176,532
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	84,265	2,943,854
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	2.9%	1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	12,344	373,384
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	2,671,228	83,814,009
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	2,412,612	62,569,924
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,762	$9,293
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	14.4%	14.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	25.6%	27.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	3,319	59,445
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	546,175	74,536,593
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	426	39,594
Persons per square mile, 2000	610.5	178.8
Metropolitan Area	Richmond-Petersburg,	?
FIPS Code	041	51

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