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  People QuickFacts Charlotte County Florida
  Population, 2001 estimate 147,00916,396,515
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 3.8%2.6%
  Population, 2000 141,62715,982,378
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 27.6%23.5%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 52.5%48.9%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 82.1%79.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 17.6%22.3%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 23.626.2
  Housing units, 2000 79,7587,302,947
  Homeownership rate, 2000 83.7%70.1%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 15.7%29.9%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $97,000$105,500
  Households, 2000 63,8646,337,929
  Persons per household, 2000 2.182.46
  Median household money income, 1999 $36,379$38,819
  Per capita money income, 1999 $21,806$21,557


  Business QuickFacts Charlotte County Florida
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 2,997424,089
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 32,1435,954,982
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 35.9%29.3%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 8,8631,031,053
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 77,74277,477,510
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 1,063,313151,191,241
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,035$10,297
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 1,670155,269
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 884,71099,998,376
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 3,687543,525


  Geography QuickFacts Charlotte County Florida
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 69453,927
  Persons per square mile, 2000 204.2296.4
  Metropolitan Area Punta Gorda, FL MSA 
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