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Washington County Facts

Census Statistics

	Washington County	Virginia
Population, 2003 estimate	51,405	7,386,330
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	0.6%	4.3%
Population, 2000	51,103	7,078,515
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	11.4%	14.4%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.1%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	20.8%	24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	15.3%	11.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.5%	51.0%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	97.6%	72.3%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.3%	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	Z	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	2.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.6%	2.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.6%	4.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	97.0%	70.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	61.6%	52.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.9%	8.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.3%	11.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	72.3%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	16.1%	29.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	11,181	1,155,083
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	24.2	27.0?
Housing units, 2002	23,803	3,006,877
Homeownership rate, 2000	77.2%	68.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	9.8%	21.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$90,400	$125,400?
Households, 2000	21,056	2,699,173
Persons per household, 2000	2.36	2.54
Median household income, 1999	$32,742	$46,677
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,350	$23,975
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	10.9%	9.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,174	176,532
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	14,499	2,943,854
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.1%	1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	2,279	373,384
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	315,785	83,814,009
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	408,897	62,569,924
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,323	$9,293
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	14.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	22.2%	27.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	318	59,445
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	391,140	74,536,593
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	563	39,594
Persons per square mile, 2000	90.8	178.8
Metropolitan Area	Johnson City-Kingspo	?
FIPS Code	191	51

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