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  People QuickFacts Jersey County Illinois
  Population, 2001 estimate 21,83212,482,301
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 0.8%0.5%
  Population, 2000 21,66812,419,293
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 5.5%8.6%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 60.8%56.8%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 82.5%81.4%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 12.6%26.1%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 28.928.0
  Housing units, 2000 8,9184,885,615
  Homeownership rate, 2000 77.7%67.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 8.4%34.0%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $82,800$130,800
  Households, 2000 8,0964,591,779
  Persons per household, 2000 2.572.63
  Median household money income, 1999 $42,065$46,590
  Per capita money income, 1999 $19,581$23,104


  Business QuickFacts Jersey County Illinois
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 420306,899
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 4,5115,342,675
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 34.9%15.0%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 978665,553
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA200,019,991
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 171,044108,002,177
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,037$8,992
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 10351,944
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 89,81965,035,608
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 718459,893


  Geography QuickFacts Jersey County Illinois
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 36955,584
  Persons per square mile, 2000 58.7223.4
  Metropolitan Area St. Louis, MO-IL MSA 
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