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  People QuickFacts Essex County Massachusetts
  Population, 2001 estimate 730,2966,379,304
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 1.0%0.5%
  Population, 2000 723,4196,349,097
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 8.0%5.5%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 58.7%58.5%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 84.6%84.8%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 31.3%33.2%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 27.127.0
  Housing units, 2000 287,1442,621,989
  Homeownership rate, 2000 63.5%61.7%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 42.4%42.7%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $220,000$185,700
  Households, 2000 275,4192,443,580
  Persons per household, 2000 2.572.51
  Median household money income, 1999 $51,576$50,502
  Per capita money income, 1999 $26,358$25,952


  Business QuickFacts Essex County Massachusetts
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 18,270173,267
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 272,0862,971,052
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 6.3%7.2%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 46,579404,333
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 13,728,13777,876,576
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 6,156,18558,578,048
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,867$9,579
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 1,93718,000
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 4,534,11944,178,642
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 23,562213,917


  Geography QuickFacts Essex County Massachusetts
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 5017,840
  Persons per square mile, 2000 1,444.9809.8
  Metropolitan Area Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA-NH NECMA 
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