Scott County Facts

Census Statistics

	Scott County	Virginia
Population, 2003 estimate	23,005	7,386,330
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-1.7%	4.3%
Population, 2000	23,403	7,078,515
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	0.9%	14.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.1%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	20.6%	24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	17.8%	11.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.7%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	98.5%	72.3%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	19.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	2.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.5%	2.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.4%	4.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	98.2%	70.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	69.5%	52.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.3%	8.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	1.2%	11.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	64.4%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	8.3%	29.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	6,413	1,155,083
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	30.6	27.0?
Housing units, 2002	11,514	3,006,877
Homeownership rate, 2000	78.2%	68.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	4.1%	21.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$69,100	$125,400?
Households, 2000	9,795	2,699,173
Persons per household, 2000	2.35	2.54
Median household income, 1999	$27,339	$46,677
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,073	$23,975
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	16.8%	9.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	341	176,532
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	3,312	2,943,854
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.9%	1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,059	373,384
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	83,814,009
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	143,010	62,569,924
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,293	$9,293
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	14.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	22.9%	27.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	72	59,445
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	158,855	74,536,593
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	537	39,594
Persons per square mile, 2000	43.6	178.8
Metropolitan Area	Johnson City-Kingspo	?
FIPS Code	169	51

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