Mecklenburg County, Virginia QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Mecklenburg County Virginia
?  Population, 2000 32,3807,078,515
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 10.7%14.4%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.4%6.5%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 21.6%24.6%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 17.8%11.2%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 59.2%72.3%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 39.1%19.6%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%0.3%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%3.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z0.1%
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5%2.0%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.7%2.0%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 50.7%51.0%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.2%4.7%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 58.7%70.2%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 11,5902,987,611
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 1,987972,894
?  Housing units, 2000 17,4032,904,192
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 74.4%68.1%
?  Households, 2000 12,9512,699,173
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.382.54
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 30.7%35.9%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $27,752$40,209
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 16.2%11.6%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 24.0%17.0%

Business QuickFacts Mecklenburg County Virginia
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 836172,182
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 12,1152,700,589
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 13.4%16.3%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 1,263349,652
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 859,07483,814,009
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 272,47662,569,924
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $8,796$9,293
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 14746,666
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 468138,494
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 15853,151
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 164,44957,842,231
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,066253,219

Geography QuickFacts Mecklenburg County Virginia
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 62439,594
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 51.9178.8
?  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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X: Not applicable
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Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown