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  People QuickFacts Hampden County Massachusetts
  Population, 2001 estimate 455,8626,379,304
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 -0.1%0.5%
  Population, 2000 456,2286,349,097
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 Z5.5%
  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 79.2%84.8%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 20.5%33.2%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 21.827.0
  Housing units, 2000 185,8762,621,989
  Homeownership rate, 2000 61.9%61.7%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 38.9%42.7%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $117,400$185,700
  Households, 2000 175,2882,443,580
  Persons per household, 2000 2.522.51
  Median household money income, 1999 $39,718$50,502
  Per capita money income, 1999 $19,541$25,952


  Business QuickFacts Hampden County Massachusetts
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 11,195173,267
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 179,6802,971,052
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 -4.9%7.2%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 20,812404,333
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 5,953,47277,876,576
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 3,919,90358,578,048
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,902$9,579
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 75018,000
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 2,804,51644,178,642
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 17,858213,917


  Geography QuickFacts Hampden County Massachusetts
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 6187,840
  Persons per square mile, 2000 737.8809.8
  Metropolitan Area Springfield, MA NECMA 
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