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  People QuickFacts Ford County Illinois
  Population, 2001 estimate 14,15912,482,301
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 -0.6%0.5%
  Population, 2000 14,24112,419,293
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 -0.2%8.6%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 64.2%56.8%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 86.0%81.4%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 13.9%26.1%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 21.228.0
  Housing units, 2000 6,0604,885,615
  Homeownership rate, 2000 76.2%67.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 8.5%34.0%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $70,600$130,800
  Households, 2000 5,6394,591,779
  Persons per household, 2000 2.452.63
  Median household money income, 1999 $38,073$46,590
  Per capita money income, 1999 $18,860$23,104


  Business QuickFacts Ford County Illinois
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 416306,899
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 4,0995,342,675
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 9.7%15.0%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 935665,553
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 322,448200,019,991
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 120,205108,002,177
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,502$8,992
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 3751,944
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 93,27165,035,608
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 529459,893


  Geography QuickFacts Ford County Illinois
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 48655,584
  Persons per square mile, 2000 29.3223.4
  Metropolitan Area None 
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