Population, 2001 estimate

716,407

8,186,268

Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001

3.0%

1.7%

Population, 2000

695,454

8,049,313

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

36.0%

21.4%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000

7.3%

6.7%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000

25.1%

24.4%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000

8.6%

12.0%

Female persons, percent, 2000

50.9%

51.0%

White persons, percent, 2000 (a)

64.0%

72.1%

Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)

27.9%

21.6%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.4%

1.2%

Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)

3.1%

1.4%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)

Z

Z

Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)

3.0%

2.3%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000

1.5%

1.3%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)

6.5%

4.7%

White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000

61.1%

70.2%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000

43.6%

53.0%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000

9.8%

5.3%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000

13.1%

8.0%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000

86.2%

78.1%

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000

37.1%

22.5%

Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000

104,224

1,540,365

Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000

26.0

24.0

Housing units, 2000

292,780

3,523,944

Homeownership rate, 2000

62.3%

69.4%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000

32.4%

16.1%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000

$141,800

$108,300

Households, 2000

273,416

3,132,013

Persons per household, 2000

2.49

2.49

Median household money income, 1999

$50,579

$39,184

Per capita money income, 1999

$27,352

$20,307

Persons below poverty, percent, 1999

9.2%

12.3%

Private nonfarm establishments, 1999

23,779

201,706

Private nonfarm employment, 1999

481,787

3,324,155

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999

31.6%

24.1%

Nonemployer establishments, 1999

42,584

445,159

Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)

8,831,390

161,900,477

Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)

8,517,207

72,356,763

Retail sales per capita, 1997

$13,867

$9,740

Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

13.5%

10.8%

Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

23.8%

24.5%

Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000

13,960

78,376

Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000)

2,797,072

44,557,095

Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997

30,729

293,505

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

526

48,711

Persons per square mile, 2000

1,321.5

165.2

Metropolitan Area

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA