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  People QuickFacts Palm Beach County Florida
  Population, 2001 estimate 1,165,04916,396,515
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 3.0%2.6%
  Population, 2000 1,131,18415,982,378
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 31.0%23.5%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 49.5%48.9%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 83.6%79.9%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 27.7%22.3%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 25.726.2
  Housing units, 2000 556,4287,302,947
  Homeownership rate, 2000 74.7%70.1%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 41.1%29.9%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $135,200$105,500
  Households, 2000 474,1756,337,929
  Persons per household, 2000 2.342.46
  Median household money income, 1999 $45,062$38,819
  Per capita money income, 1999 $28,801$21,557


  Business QuickFacts Palm Beach County Florida
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 35,926424,089
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 427,8745,954,982
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 28.8%29.3%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 85,2891,031,053
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 6,344,50677,477,510
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 11,731,186151,191,241
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $11,561$10,297
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 10,504155,269
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 7,332,45499,998,376
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 34,775543,525


  Geography QuickFacts Palm Beach County Florida
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,97453,927
  Persons per square mile, 2000 573.0296.4
  Metropolitan Area West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA 
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