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  People QuickFacts Worcester County Massachusetts
  Population, 2001 estimate 762,2076,379,304
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 1.5%0.5%
  Population, 2000 750,9636,349,097
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 5.8%5.5%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 59.0%58.5%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 83.5%84.8%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 26.9%33.2%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 25.827.0
  Housing units, 2000 298,1592,621,989
  Homeownership rate, 2000 64.1%61.7%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 39.2%42.7%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $146,000$185,700
  Households, 2000 283,9272,443,580
  Persons per household, 2000 2.562.51
  Median household money income, 1999 $47,874$50,502
  Per capita money income, 1999 $22,983$25,952


  Business QuickFacts Worcester County Massachusetts
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 17,622173,267
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 287,1372,971,052
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 3.9%7.2%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 40,727404,333
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 11,303,35177,876,576
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 6,231,70058,578,048
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,604$9,579
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 2,80118,000
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 3,604,89344,178,642
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 23,680213,917


  Geography QuickFacts Worcester County Massachusetts
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,5137,840
  Persons per square mile, 2000 496.3809.8
  Metropolitan Area Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA-NH NECMA 
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