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  People QuickFacts Cook County Illinois
  Population, 2001 estimate 5,350,26912,482,301
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 -0.5%0.5%
  Population, 2000 5,376,74112,419,293
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 5.3%8.6%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 57.0%56.8%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 77.7%81.4%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 28.0%26.1%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 32.628.0
  Housing units, 2000 2,096,1214,885,615
  Homeownership rate, 2000 57.9%67.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 54.4%34.0%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $157,700$130,800
  Households, 2000 1,974,1814,591,779
  Persons per household, 2000 2.682.63
  Median household money income, 1999 $45,922$46,590
  Per capita money income, 1999 $23,227$23,104


  Business QuickFacts Cook County Illinois
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 127,634306,899
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 2,501,5175,342,675
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 5.5%15.0%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 288,456665,553
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 74,563,276200,019,991
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 42,547,231108,002,177
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,199$8,992
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 11,87751,944
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 27,878,87965,035,608
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 228,240459,893


  Geography QuickFacts Cook County Illinois
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 94655,584
  Persons per square mile, 2000 5,685.6223.4
  Metropolitan Area Chicago, IL PMSA 
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