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  People QuickFacts Douglas County Illinois
  Population, 2001 estimate 19,88712,482,301
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 -0.2%0.5%
  Population, 2000 19,92212,419,293
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 2.4%8.6%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 66.6%56.8%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 79.3%81.4%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 13.8%26.1%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 19.828.0
  Housing units, 2000 8,0054,885,615
  Homeownership rate, 2000 76.9%67.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 10.3%34.0%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $70,500$130,800
  Households, 2000 7,5744,591,779
  Persons per household, 2000 2.592.63
  Median household money income, 1999 $39,439$46,590
  Per capita money income, 1999 $18,474$23,104


  Business QuickFacts Douglas County Illinois
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 628306,899
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 7,3485,342,675
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 33.6%15.0%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 1,327665,553
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 481,689200,019,991
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 185,808108,002,177
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $9,349$8,992
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 3251,944
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 92,91365,035,608
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 571459,893


  Geography QuickFacts Douglas County Illinois
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 41755,584
  Persons per square mile, 2000 47.8223.4
  Metropolitan Area None 
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