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  People QuickFacts Washington County Illinois
  Population, 2001 estimate 15,15712,482,301
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 0.1%0.5%
  Population, 2000 15,14812,419,293
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 1.2%8.6%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 66.3%56.8%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 79.1%81.4%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 13.4%26.1%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 23.928.0
  Housing units, 2000 6,3854,885,615
  Homeownership rate, 2000 81.1%67.3%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 4.9%34.0%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $74,300$130,800
  Households, 2000 5,8484,591,779
  Persons per household, 2000 2.552.63
  Median household money income, 1999 $40,932$46,590
  Per capita money income, 1999 $19,108$23,104


  Business QuickFacts Washington County Illinois
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 410306,899
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 6,1555,342,675
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 80.2%15.0%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 891665,553
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 222,362200,019,991
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 157,077108,002,177
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $10,237$8,992
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 7151,944
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 92,38165,035,608
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 567459,893


  Geography QuickFacts Washington County Illinois
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 56355,584
  Persons per square mile, 2000 26.9223.4
  Metropolitan Area None 
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