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  People QuickFacts Chester County Pennsylvania
  Population, 2001 estimate 443,34612,287,150
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 2.3%0.0%
  Population, 2000 433,50112,281,054
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 15.2%3.4%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 58.6%63.5%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 89.3%81.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 42.5%22.4%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 27.525.2
  Housing units, 2000 163,7735,249,750
  Homeownership rate, 2000 76.3%71.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 18.1%21.2%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $182,500$97,000
  Households, 2000 157,9054,777,003
  Persons per household, 2000 2.652.48
  Median household money income, 1999 $65,295$40,106
  Per capita money income, 1999 $31,627$20,880


  Business QuickFacts Chester County Pennsylvania
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 11,901293,491
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 183,1564,986,591
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 14.4%8.4%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 28,382614,594
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 4,332,219172,193,216
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 5,879,582109,948,462
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $14,144$9,150
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 3,05141,076
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 1,908,05379,310,064
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 10,366365,556


  Geography QuickFacts Chester County Pennsylvania
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 75644,817
  Persons per square mile, 2000 573.4274.0
  Metropolitan Area Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA 
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