TAYLOR COUNTY FLORIDA QUICK FACTS

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People QuickFacts Taylor County Florida
Population, 2002 estimate  19,339 16,713,149
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2002  0.4% 4.6%
Population, 2000  19,256 15,982,378
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000  12.5% 23.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000  5.9% 5.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000  24.6% 22.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000  14.1% 17.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000  48.9% 51.2%
   
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 77.8% 78.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 19.0% 14.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.0% 0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4% 1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z 0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 3.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000  1.4% 2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.5% 16.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000  76.9% 65.4%
   
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000  61.0% 48.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000  1.7% 16.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000  4.3% 23.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  70.0% 79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  8.9% 22.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000  4,561 3,274,566
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  20.9 26.2
   
Housing units, 2002  9,734 7,624,378
Homeownership rate, 2000  79.8% 70.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000  4.5% 29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $66,000 $105,500
   
Households, 2000  7,176 6,337,929
Persons per household, 2000  2.51 2.46
Median household income, 1999  $30,032 $38,819
Per capita money income, 1999  $15,281 $21,557
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999  18.0% 12.5%
   
Business QuickFacts Taylor County Florida
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001  389 434,583
Private nonfarm employment, 2001  4,456 6,431,696
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001  -11.8% 3.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000  795 1,074,020
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)  496,113 77,477,510
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)  144,206 151,191,241
Retail sales per capita, 1997  $7,724 $10,297
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997  9.4% 22.0%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997  12.1% 25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002  55 185,431
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)  137,755 104,813,756
   
Geography QuickFacts Taylor County Florida
Land area, 2000 (square miles)  1,042 53,927
Persons per square mile, 2000  18.5 296.4
Metropolitan Area  None  
FIPS Code  123 12
   
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
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
F: Fewer than 100 firms  
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts