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	People QuickFacts	Florida	USA
	Population, 2000	15,982,378	281,421,906
	Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	23.5%	13.1%
	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.9%	6.8%
	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	22.8%	25.7%
	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	17.6%	12.4%
	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	78.0%	75.1%
	Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	14.6%	12.3%
	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.9%
	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.7%	3.6%
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.1%
	Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	3.0%	5.5%
	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.4%	2.4%
	Female population, percent, 2000	51.2%	50.9%
	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	16.8%	12.5%
	White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	65.4%	69.1%
	High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990	6,616,094	119,524,718
	College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990	1,624,405	32,310,253
	Housing units, 2000	7,302,947	115,904,641
	Homeownership rate, 2000	70.1%	66.2%
	Households, 2000	6,337,929	105,480,101
	Persons per household, 2000	2.46	2.59
	Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000	31.3%	36.0%
	Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate	$32,877	$37,005
	Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate	14.4%	13.3%
	Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate	21.8%	19.9%

	Business QuickFacts	Florida	USA
	Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998	420,638	6,941,822
	Private nonfarm employment, 1998	5,756,353	108,117,731
	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998	24.9%	15.7%
	Nonemployer establishments, 1997	961,637	15,439,609
	Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	77,477,510	3,842,061,405
	Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	151,191,241	2,460,886,012
	Retail sales per capita, 1997	$10,297	$9,190
	Minority-owned firms, 1992	173,287	1,965,565
	Women-owned firms, 1992	352,048	5,888,883
	Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999	164,722	1,663,533
	Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000)	87,214,874	1,516,775,001
	Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997	543,525	10,227,429

	Geography QuickFacts	Florida	USA
	Land area, 2000 (square miles)	53,927	3,537,441
	Persons per square mile, 2000	296.4	79.6

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

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Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, County Business Patterns, 1997 Economic Census, Minority- and Women-Owned Business, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, 1997 Census of Governments

Last Revised: Friday, 07-Sep-2001 13:26:09 EDT