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  People QuickFacts Essex County Virginia
  Population, 2001 estimate 10,0207,187,734
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 0.3%1.5%
  Population, 2000 9,9897,078,515
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 15.0%14.4%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 62.7%52.2%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 73.5%81.5%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 17.4%29.5%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 33.527.0
  Housing units, 2000 4,9262,904,192
  Homeownership rate, 2000 77.3%68.1%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 6.9%21.5%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $98,700$125,400
  Households, 2000 3,9952,699,173
  Persons per household, 2000 2.462.54
  Median household money income, 1999 $37,395$46,677
  Per capita money income, 1999 $17,994$23,975


  Business QuickFacts Essex County Virginia
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 323173,550
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 3,9232,791,977
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 24.4%20.3%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 550360,974
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 119,38183,814,009
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 125,95462,569,924
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $13,704$9,293
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 4148,402
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 52,67771,257,343
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 281253,219


  Geography QuickFacts Essex County Virginia
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 25839,594
  Persons per square mile, 2000 38.8178.8
  Metropolitan Area None 
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