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  People QuickFacts Houston County Tennessee
  Population, 2001 estimate 7,9165,740,021
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 -2.1%0.9%
  Population, 2000 8,0885,689,283
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 15.2%16.7%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 64.6%53.9%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 70.1%75.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 10.3%19.6%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 32.024.5
  Housing units, 2000 3,9012,439,443
  Homeownership rate, 2000 77.0%69.9%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 4.8%18.7%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $63,300$93,000
  Households, 2000 3,2162,232,905
  Persons per household, 2000 2.462.48
  Median household money income, 1999 $29,968$36,360
  Per capita money income, 1999 $15,613$19,393


  Business QuickFacts Houston County Tennessee
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 115131,116
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 1,0582,338,780
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 1.1%25.1%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 465335,266
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA98,503,080
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 23,73350,813,221
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $3,052$9,448
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 232,203
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 45,50736,757,793
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 268194,274


  Geography QuickFacts Houston County Tennessee
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 20041,217
  Persons per square mile, 2000 40.4138.0
  Metropolitan Area None 
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