Richmond County Facts

Census Statistics

	Richmond County	Virginia
Population, 2003 estimate	9,006	7,386,330
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.3%	4.3%
Population, 2000	8,809	7,078,515
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	21.1%	14.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	4.1%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	18.4%	24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	17.7%	11.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000	43.9%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	64.8%	72.3%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	33.2%	19.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	2.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.7%	2.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	2.1%	4.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	63.8%	70.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	59.2%	52.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.9%	8.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	5.1%	11.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	60.0%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	9.9%	29.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	1,501	1,155,083
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	28.6	27.0?
Housing units, 2002	3,560	3,006,877
Homeownership rate, 2000	77.4%	68.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	6.4%	21.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$86,700	$125,400?
Households, 2000	2,937	2,699,173
Persons per household, 2000	2.40	2.54
Median household income, 1999	$33,026	$46,677
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,675	$23,975
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	15.4%	9.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	230	176,532
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	1,687	2,943,854
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-6.8%	1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	433	373,384
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	83,814,009
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	62,649	62,569,924
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$7,266	$9,293
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	21.0%	14.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	23.8%	27.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	32	59,445
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	53,006	74,536,593
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	191	39,594
Persons per square mile, 2000	46.0	178.8
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	159	51

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