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  People QuickFacts Monroe County Tennessee
  Population, 2001 estimate 39,8465,740,021
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 2.3%0.9%
  Population, 2000 38,9615,689,283
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 27.6%16.7%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 58.0%53.9%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 66.7%75.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 10.1%19.6%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 26.024.5
  Housing units, 2000 17,2872,439,443
  Homeownership rate, 2000 78.3%69.9%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 7.9%18.7%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $79,400$93,000
  Households, 2000 15,3292,232,905
  Persons per household, 2000 2.512.48
  Median household money income, 1999 $30,337$36,360
  Per capita money income, 1999 $14,951$19,393


  Business QuickFacts Monroe County Tennessee
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 659131,116
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 10,8102,338,780
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 49.6%25.1%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 2,353335,266
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 834,89698,503,080
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 234,53350,813,221
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $6,908$9,448
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 13632,203
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 180,07836,757,793
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,033194,274


  Geography QuickFacts Monroe County Tennessee
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 63541,217
  Persons per square mile, 2000 61.4138.0
  Metropolitan Area None 
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