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  People QuickFacts Monroe County Pennsylvania
  Population, 2001 estimate 144,67612,287,150
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 4.3%0.0%
  Population, 2000 138,68712,281,054
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 44.9%3.4%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 57.2%63.5%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 83.8%81.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 20.5%22.4%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 36.725.2
  Housing units, 2000 67,5815,249,750
  Homeownership rate, 2000 78.3%71.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 8.8%21.2%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $125,200$97,000
  Households, 2000 49,4544,777,003
  Persons per household, 2000 2.732.48
  Median household money income, 1999 $46,257$40,106
  Per capita money income, 1999 $20,011$20,880


  Business QuickFacts Monroe County Pennsylvania
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 3,180293,491
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 37,5124,986,591
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 16.3%8.4%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 8,013614,594
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 812,899172,193,216
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 1,160,638109,948,462
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $9,460$9,150
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 1,63041,076
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 625,53079,310,064
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 3,705365,556


  Geography QuickFacts Monroe County Pennsylvania
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 60844,817
  Persons per square mile, 2000 227.9274.0
  Metropolitan Area None 
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