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  People QuickFacts Bedford County Virginia
  Population, 2001 estimate 61,1947,187,734
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 1.4%1.5%
  Population, 2000 60,3717,078,515
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 32.5%14.4%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 60.4%52.2%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 80.1%81.5%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 20.9%29.5%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 27.827.0
  Housing units, 2000 26,8412,904,192
  Homeownership rate, 2000 86.6%68.1%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 4.1%21.5%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $127,000$125,400
  Households, 2000 23,8382,699,173
  Persons per household, 2000 2.522.54
  Median household money income, 1999 $43,136$46,677
  Per capita money income, 1999 $21,582$23,975


  Business QuickFacts Bedford County Virginia
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 869173,550
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 7,6112,791,977
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 97.1%20.3%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 2,678360,974
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 261,98183,814,009
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 83,91362,569,924
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $1,511$9,293
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 46848,402
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 219,66171,257,343
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,565253,219


  Geography QuickFacts Bedford County Virginia
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 75439,594
  Persons per square mile, 2000 80.0178.8
  Metropolitan Area Lynchburg, VA MSA 
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