Monroe County, Ohio QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Monroe County Ohio
?  Population, 2000 15,18011,353,140
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 -2.0%4.7%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.3%6.6%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 23.6%25.4%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 16.3%13.3%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 98.7%85.0%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%11.5%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%0.2%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%1.2%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%0.8%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.7%1.4%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 50.6%51.4%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.4%1.9%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 98.4%84.0%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 7,0815,239,876
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 6891,175,336
?  Housing units, 2000 7,2124,783,051
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 80.8%69.1%
?  Households, 2000 6,0214,445,773
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.502.49
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 31.8%34.5%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $27,923$36,029
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 16.9%11.0%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 24.1%16.0%

Business QuickFacts Monroe County Ohio
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 283270,343
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 3,8764,806,046
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 -6.7%13.2%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 850575,489
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) D241,902,924
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 50,469102,938,830
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $3,301$9,181
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA33,844
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 305224,693
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 155,880
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 68,94453,262,164
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 743421,092

Geography QuickFacts Monroe County Ohio
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 45640,948
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 33.3277.3
?  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
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown