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  People QuickFacts Carbon County Pennsylvania
  Population, 2001 estimate 59,50612,287,150
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 1.2%0.0%
  Population, 2000 58,80212,281,054
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 3.5%3.4%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 69.2%63.5%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 79.0%81.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 11.0%22.4%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 29.225.2
  Housing units, 2000 30,4925,249,750
  Homeownership rate, 2000 78.2%71.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 11.2%21.2%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $82,100$97,000
  Households, 2000 23,7014,777,003
  Persons per household, 2000 2.442.48
  Median household money income, 1999 $35,113$40,106
  Per capita money income, 1999 $17,064$20,880


  Business QuickFacts Carbon County Pennsylvania
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 1,125293,491
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 13,6454,986,591
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 0.3%8.4%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 2,754614,594
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 311,894172,193,216
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 316,742109,948,462
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $5,387$9,150
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 20741,076
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 304,60879,310,064
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,853365,556


  Geography QuickFacts Carbon County Pennsylvania
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 38144,817
  Persons per square mile, 2000 154.3274.0
  Metropolitan Area Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA 
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