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  People QuickFacts Fairfield County Connecticut
  Population, 2001 estimate 885,3683,425,074
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 0.3%0.6%
  Population, 2000 882,5673,405,565
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 6.6%3.6%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 57.3%58.2%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 84.4%84.0%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 39.9%31.4%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 28.024.4
  Housing units, 2000 339,4661,385,975
  Homeownership rate, 2000 69.2%66.8%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 34.5%35.1%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $288,900$166,900
  Households, 2000 324,2321,301,670
  Persons per household, 2000 2.672.53
  Median household money income, 1999 $65,249$53,935
  Per capita money income, 1999 $38,350$28,766


  Business QuickFacts Fairfield County Connecticut
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 28,56092,454
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 436,3251,530,539
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 6.1%3.3%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 69,156211,724
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 12,115,46846,938,210
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 11,563,91634,938,893
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $13,868$10,690
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 2,2789,376
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 5,288,61822,741,764
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 27,830104,338


  Geography QuickFacts Fairfield County Connecticut
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 6264,845
  Persons per square mile, 2000 1,410.3702.9
  Metropolitan Area New Haven-Bridgeport-Stamford-Waterbury-Danbury, CT NECMA 
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