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  People QuickFacts Menard County Illinois
  Population, 2001 estimate 12,55612,482,301
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 0.6%0.5%
  Population, 2000 12,48612,419,293
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 11.8%8.6%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 58.4%56.8%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 88.3%81.4%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 20.5%26.1%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 27.928.0
  Housing units, 2000 5,2854,885,615
  Homeownership rate, 2000 78.9%67.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 8.8%34.0%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $93,600$130,800
  Households, 2000 4,8734,591,779
  Persons per household, 2000 2.522.63
  Median household money income, 1999 $46,596$46,590
  Per capita money income, 1999 $21,584$23,104


  Business QuickFacts Menard County Illinois
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 259306,899
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 1,4195,342,675
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 9.8%15.0%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 848665,553
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA200,019,991
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 58,263108,002,177
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $4,681$8,992
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 7951,944
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 63,34165,035,608
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 532459,893


  Geography QuickFacts Menard County Illinois
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 31455,584
  Persons per square mile, 2000 39.7223.4
  Metropolitan Area Springfield, IL MSA 
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