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  People QuickFacts DeSoto County Florida
  Population, 2001 estimate 32,43816,396,515
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 0.7%2.6%
  Population, 2000 32,20915,982,378
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 35.0%23.5%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 48.3%48.9%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 63.5%79.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 8.4%22.3%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 27.926.2
  Housing units, 2000 13,6087,302,947
  Homeownership rate, 2000 74.7%70.1%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 9.6%29.9%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $69,900$105,500
  Households, 2000 10,7466,337,929
  Persons per household, 2000 2.702.46
  Median household money income, 1999 $30,714$38,819
  Per capita money income, 1999 $14,000$21,557


  Business QuickFacts DeSoto County Florida
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 425424,089
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 4,8365,954,982
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 3.2%29.3%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 1,1701,031,053
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA77,477,510
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 196,983151,191,241
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $7,961$10,297
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 121155,269
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 236,93199,998,376
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 957543,525


  Geography QuickFacts DeSoto County Florida
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 63753,927
  Persons per square mile, 2000 50.5296.4
  Metropolitan Area None 
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