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Demographics

Nevada County Demographics

State and county demographic profiles were updated on January 12, 2007 at 4pm EST.

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People MapStats	Nevada County	California
Population, 2005 estimate	98,394	36,132,147
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005	6.9%	6.7%
Population, change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005	6,361	2,260,494
Population, 2000	92,033	33,871,648
Persons under 5 years old, 2005	4,140	2,686,184
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005	4.2%	7.4%
Persons under 18 years old, 2005	19,619	9,701,862
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005	19.9%	26.9%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005	16.9%	10.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, 2005	16,654	3,868,574
Female persons, percent, 2005	50.4%	50.1%

White persons, 2005 (a)	94,054	27,822,860
Black persons, 2005 (a)	387	2,433,756
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2005 (a)	857	422,440
Asian persons, 2005 (a)	984	4,423,646
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 2005 (a)	126	151,648
Persons reporting two or more races, 2005	1,986	877,797
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2005 (b)	6,710	12,722,962
White persons not Hispanic, 2005	87,774	15,828,690
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)	95.6%	77.0%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)	0.4%	6.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)	0.9%	1.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)	1.0%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)	0.1%	0.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005	2.0%	2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)	6.8%	35.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005	89.2%	43.8%

Births, 2003	821	540,997
Deaths, 2003	989	239,371
Infant deaths, 2003	3	2,820
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over	52.3%	50.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	4.4%	26.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	6.4%	39.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	90.3%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	26.1%	26.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	16,086	5,923,361
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	26.0	27.7

Housing units, 2005	48,499	12,989,254
Housing units, net change, April 1, 2000 to July, 2005	4,217	774,704
Housing units, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July, 2005	9.5%	6.3%
Homeownership rate, 2000	75.8%	56.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$205,700	$211,500
Households, 2000	36,894	11,502,870
Persons per household, 2000	2.47	2.87
Median household income, 2003	$47,626	$48,440
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003	8.3%	13.8%

Business MapStats	Nevada County	California
Personal income, 2004 ($1000)	3,309,043	1,262,306,032
Personal income per capita, 2004	$33,957	$35,219
Civilian labor force, 2005	49,733	17,695,567
Unemployment rate, 2005	4.6%	5.4%
Full-time and part-time employment by place of work, 2004	54,801	20,057,366
Full-time and part-time employment, net change 2000 to 2004	4,067	431,333
Employment in government, 2004	5,761	2,654,822
Earnings, 2004 ($1000)	1,765,278	1,008,113,229
Average earnings per job, 2004	$32,213	$50,261
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004	3,182	841,774¹
Private nonfarm employment, 2004	27,888	13,264,918¹
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004	7.2%	3.0%¹

Total number of firms, 2002	12,793	2,908,758
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002	NA	3.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002	NA	1.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002	NA	12.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002	NA	0.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002	28.0%	29.9%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002	NA	14.7%

Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)	399,853	378,661,414
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)	167,704	55,559,669
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)	D	655,954,708
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)	884,272	359,120,365
Retail sales per capita, 2002	$9,298	$10,264
Building permits, 2005	822	205,020
Farm land, 2002 (acres)	82,336	27,589,027
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)	589,139	232,387,168¹
Federal spending per capita, 2004	$6,033	$6,474¹

Geography MapStats	Nevada County	California
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	957	155,959
Persons per square mile, 2000	96.1	217.2
FIPS Code	057	06
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area	Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.

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

Figures are in absolute numbers unless otherwise indicated.

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: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Agricultural Statistics Service, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau

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