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  People QuickFacts Sussex County Delaware
  Population, 2001 estimate 161,270796,165
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 3.0%1.6%
  Population, 2000 156,638783,600
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 38.3%17.6%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 58.3%56.0%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 76.5%82.6%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 16.6%25.0%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 24.024.0
  Housing units, 2000 93,070343,072
  Homeownership rate, 2000 80.7%72.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 9.7%18.7%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $122,400$130,400
  Households, 2000 62,577298,736
  Persons per household, 2000 2.452.54
  Median household money income, 1999 $39,208$47,381
  Per capita money income, 1999 $20,328$23,305


  Business QuickFacts Sussex County Delaware
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 4,51623,381
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 48,677360,735
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 21.9%16.0%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 9,86239,181
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 2,696,80713,397,302
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 1,544,5488,236,970
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $11,536$11,206
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 1,4224,611
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 833,6404,245,638
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 3,76518,865


  Geography QuickFacts Sussex County Delaware
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 9381,954
  Persons per square mile, 2000 167.1401.1
  Metropolitan Area None 
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