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  People QuickFacts Monroe County Illinois
  Population, 2001 estimate 28,50712,482,301
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 3.2%0.5%
  Population, 2000 27,61912,419,293
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 23.2%8.6%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 61.5%56.8%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 87.2%81.4%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 20.4%26.1%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 29.428.0
  Housing units, 2000 10,7494,885,615
  Homeownership rate, 2000 80.2%67.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 12.1%34.0%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $125,500$130,800
  Households, 2000 10,2754,591,779
  Persons per household, 2000 2.652.63
  Median household money income, 1999 $55,320$46,590
  Per capita money income, 1999 $22,954$23,104


  Business QuickFacts Monroe County Illinois
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 632306,899
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 5,7935,342,675
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 28.2%15.0%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 1,549665,553
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA200,019,991
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 175,161108,002,177
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $6,771$8,992
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 26851,944
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 109,48765,035,608
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 610459,893


  Geography QuickFacts Monroe County Illinois
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 38855,584
  Persons per square mile, 2000 71.1223.4
  Metropolitan Area St. Louis, MO-IL MSA 
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