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  People QuickFacts Kit Carson County Colorado
  Population, 2001 estimate 7,8134,417,714
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 -2.5%2.7%
  Population, 2000 8,0114,301,261
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 12.2%30.6%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 57.4%44.1%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 77.0%86.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 15.4%32.7%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 14.624.3
  Housing units, 2000 3,4301,808,037
  Homeownership rate, 2000 71.9%67.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 8.1%25.7%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $80,400$166,600
  Households, 2000 2,9901,658,238
  Persons per household, 2000 2.502.53
  Median household money income, 1999 $33,152$47,203
  Per capita money income, 1999 $16,964$24,049


  Business QuickFacts Kit Carson County Colorado
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 289133,743
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 2,0871,821,717
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 38.0%46.0%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 575325,432
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA40,012,820
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 100,12840,536,034
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $13,934$10,417
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 3254,596
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 86,89624,344,658
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 545153,146


  Geography QuickFacts Kit Carson County Colorado
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 2,161103,718
  Persons per square mile, 2000 3.741.5
  Metropolitan Area None 
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