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  People QuickFacts Perry County Illinois
  Population, 2001 estimate 22,97212,482,301
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 -0.5%0.5%
  Population, 2000 23,09412,419,293
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 7.9%8.6%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 63.1%56.8%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 72.3%81.4%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 10.1%26.1%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 23.428.0
  Housing units, 2000 9,4574,885,615
  Homeownership rate, 2000 78.6%67.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 10.0%34.0%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $55,000$130,800
  Households, 2000 8,5044,591,779
  Persons per household, 2000 2.432.63
  Median household money income, 1999 $33,281$46,590
  Per capita money income, 1999 $15,935$23,104


  Business QuickFacts Perry County Illinois
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 455306,899
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 5,2945,342,675
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 -11.9%15.0%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 944665,553
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 262,252200,019,991
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 113,799108,002,177
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $5,329$8,992
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 X51,944
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 108,92965,035,608
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 784459,893


  Geography QuickFacts Perry County Illinois
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 44155,584
  Persons per square mile, 2000 52.4223.4
  Metropolitan Area None 
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