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  People QuickFacts Northampton County Pennsylvania
  Population, 2001 estimate 269,77912,287,150
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 1.0%0.0%
  Population, 2000 267,06612,281,054
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 8.1%3.4%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 61.7%63.5%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 80.7%81.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 21.2%22.4%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 24.225.2
  Housing units, 2000 106,7105,249,750
  Homeownership rate, 2000 73.3%71.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 19.1%21.2%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $120,000$97,000
  Households, 2000 101,5414,777,003
  Persons per household, 2000 2.532.48
  Median household money income, 1999 $45,234$40,106
  Per capita money income, 1999 $21,399$20,880


  Business QuickFacts Northampton County Pennsylvania
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 5,631293,491
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 77,9354,986,591
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 -0.2%8.4%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 12,281614,594
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 2,638,374172,193,216
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 1,831,841109,948,462
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $7,114$9,150
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 1,31241,076
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 1,314,78779,310,064
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 8,154365,556


  Geography QuickFacts Northampton County Pennsylvania
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 37444,817
  Persons per square mile, 2000 714.5274.0
  Metropolitan Area Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA 
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