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Franklin County Facts

Census Statistics

	Franklin County	Washington
Population, 2003 estimate	56,126	6,131,445
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	13.7%	4.0%
Population, 2000	49,347	5,894,121
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	31.7%	21.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	10.0%	6.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	34.6%	25.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	8.5%	11.2%
Female persons, percent, 2000	47.8%	50.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	61.9%	81.8%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.5%	3.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	1.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.6%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.4%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	29.0%	3.9%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	4.1%	3.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	46.7%	7.5%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	47.6%	78.9%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	49.0%	48.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	25.2%	10.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	44.6%	14.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	63.5%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	13.6%	27.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	9,107	981,007
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	20.9	25.5?
Housing units, 2002	16,893	2,530,215
Homeownership rate, 2000	65.6%	64.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	21.8%	25.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$102,000	$168,300?
Households, 2000	14,840	2,271,398
Persons per household, 2000	3.26	2.53
Median household income, 1999	$38,991	$45,776
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,459	$22,973
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	19.2%	10.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,126	164,072
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	14,094	2,294,285
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.1%	1.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,727	326,397
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,160,501	78,852,486
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	487,439	52,472,866
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$10,678	$9,363
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	9.9%	9.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	16.7%	27.5%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	806	40,200
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	257,534	40,217,592
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,242	66,544
Persons per square mile, 2000	39.7	88.6
Metropolitan Area	Richland-Kennewick-P	?
FIPS Code	021	53

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