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  People QuickFacts Hardee County Florida
  Population, 2001 estimate 26,75916,396,515
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 -0.7%2.6%
  Population, 2000 26,93815,982,378
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 38.2%23.5%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 55.3%48.9%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 58.0%79.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 8.4%22.3%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 26.726.2
  Housing units, 2000 9,8207,302,947
  Homeownership rate, 2000 73.4%70.1%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 5.8%29.9%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $59,600$105,500
  Households, 2000 8,1666,337,929
  Persons per household, 2000 3.062.46
  Median household money income, 1999 $30,183$38,819
  Per capita money income, 1999 $12,445$21,557


  Business QuickFacts Hardee County Florida
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 364424,089
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 3,2135,954,982
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 3.3%29.3%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 1,0441,031,053
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA77,477,510
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 116,762151,191,241
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $5,544$10,297
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 56155,269
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 101,74399,998,376
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,001543,525


  Geography QuickFacts Hardee County Florida
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 63753,927
  Persons per square mile, 2000 42.3296.4
  Metropolitan Area None 
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