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  People QuickFacts Marion County Florida
  Population, 2001 estimate 267,88916,396,515
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 3.5%2.6%
  Population, 2000 258,91615,982,378
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 32.9%23.5%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 50.3%48.9%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 78.2%79.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 13.7%22.3%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 25.826.2
  Housing units, 2000 122,6637,302,947
  Homeownership rate, 2000 79.8%70.1%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 9.4%29.9%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $81,300$105,500
  Households, 2000 106,7556,337,929
  Persons per household, 2000 2.362.46
  Median household money income, 1999 $31,944$38,819
  Per capita money income, 1999 $17,848$21,557


  Business QuickFacts Marion County Florida
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 5,408424,089
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 71,4835,954,982
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 39.1%29.3%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 13,8451,031,053
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 1,287,80077,477,510
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 2,221,375151,191,241
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $9,423$10,297
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 2,354155,269
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 1,495,57799,998,376
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 7,572543,525


  Geography QuickFacts Marion County Florida
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,57953,927
  Persons per square mile, 2000 164.0296.4
  Metropolitan Area Ocala, FL MSA 
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