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  People Quick Facts Charlotte
County
Florida
Population, 2005 estimate 157,536 17,789,864
Pop., percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 11.2% 11.3%
Population, 2000 141,627 15,982,378
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 27.6% 23.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2004 3.6% 6.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2004 15.9% 23.0%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2004 33.1% 16.8%
Female persons, percent, 2004 52.1% 51.0%
White persons, percent, 2004 (a) 93.0% 80.6%
Black persons, percent, 2004 (a) 5.1% 15.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) 0.2% 0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2004 (a) 1.1% 2.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) 0.0% 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2004 0.6% 1.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2004 (b) 4.1% 19.0%
White persons, not Hispanic, percent, 2004 89.2% 62.8%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 52.5% 48.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 8.0% 16.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 8.2% 23.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 82.1% 79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 17.6% 22.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 33,423 3,274,566
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 23.6 26.2
Housing units, 2004 87,954 8,009,427
Homeownership rate, 2000 83.7% 70.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 15.7% 29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $97,000 $105,500
Households, 2000 63,864 6,337,929
Persons per household, 2000 2.18 2.46
Per capita money income, 1999 $21,806 $21,557
Median household income, 2003 $36,479 $38,985
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 9.3% 13.0%

 

  Business QuickFacts Charlotte
County
Florida
Private nonfarm establishments, 2003 3,432 460,7461
Private nonfarm employment, 2003 33,566 6,549,4881
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2003 5.9% 5.3%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2003 10,462 1,272,863
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 106,507 78,474,770
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 1,434,629 191,805,685
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $9,570 $11,498
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 9.5% 22.0%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 27.9% 25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2004 3,652 255,893
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 1,074,857 121,933,5021

 

  Geography QuickFacts Charlotte
County
Florida
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 694 53,927
Persons per square mile, 2000 204.2 296.4
FIPS Code 015 12
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Punta Gorda, FL Metro Area

 

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