Lewis County, New York QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Lewis County New York
?  Population, 2000 26,94418,976,457
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 0.6%5.5%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.1%6.5%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 27.8%24.7%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 13.8%12.9%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 98.2%67.9%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4%15.9%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%0.4%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%5.5%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%Z
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%7.1%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.6%3.1%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 50.3%51.8%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.6%15.1%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 97.8%62.0%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 11,9668,840,965
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 1,7072,733,829
?  Housing units, 2000 15,1347,679,307
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 77.2%53.0%
?  Households, 2000 10,0407,056,860
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.662.61
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 37.7%35.0%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $32,416$36,369
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 14.4%15.6%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 20.7%24.7%

Business QuickFacts Lewis County New York
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 553481,962
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 4,7686,993,814
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 2.1%-1.2%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 1,4301,101,776
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 505,297146,720,195
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 134,022139,303,944
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $4,859$7,678
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA160,751
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 497395,944
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 17642,593
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 99,824101,808,595
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,580860,168

Geography QuickFacts Lewis County New York
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,27547,214
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 21.1401.9
?  Metropolitan Area None 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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NA: Not available
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X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown