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  People QuickFacts Okeechobee County Florida
  Population, 2001 estimate 36,38516,396,515
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 1.3%2.6%
  Population, 2000 35,91015,982,378
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 21.2%23.5%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 51.5%48.9%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 65.1%79.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 8.9%22.3%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 27.726.2
  Housing units, 2000 15,5047,302,947
  Homeownership rate, 2000 74.8%70.1%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 5.4%29.9%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $77,600$105,500
  Households, 2000 12,5936,337,929
  Persons per household, 2000 2.692.46
  Median household money income, 1999 $30,456$38,819
  Per capita money income, 1999 $14,553$21,557


  Business QuickFacts Okeechobee County Florida
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 688424,089
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 6,8715,954,982
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 28.3%29.3%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 1,6611,031,053
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) NA77,477,510
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 270,099151,191,241
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,741$10,297
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 131155,269
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 192,11599,998,376
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,429543,525


  Geography QuickFacts Okeechobee County Florida
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 77453,927
  Persons per square mile, 2000 46.4296.4
  Metropolitan Area None 
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