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People QuickFacts Lancaster County Pennsylvania
Population, 2008 estimate 502,370 12,448,279
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 6.7% 1.4%
Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 470,658 12,281,052
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 7.0% 5.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 25.0% 22.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 14.7% 15.3%
Female persons, percent, 2008 51.0% 51.3%
White persons, percent, 2008 (a) 93.2% 85.4%
Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) 3.7% 10.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) 0.2% 0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) 1.7% 2.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) 0.1% Z
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 1.1% 1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) 7.3% 4.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 87.0% 81.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 60.2% 63.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 3.2% 4.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 13.1% 8.4%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 77.4% 81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 20.5% 22.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 68,953 2,111,771
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 21.7 25.2
Housing units, 2007 193,826 5,477,864
Homeownership rate, 2000 70.8% 71.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 20.3% 21.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $119,300 $97,000

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2008

American Community Survey 3-year estimates

$180,600 $155,400
Households, 2000 172,560 4,777,003
Persons per household, 2000 2.64 2.48
Median household income, 2007 $52,854 $48,562
Per capita money income, 1999 $20,398 $20,880
Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 8.6% 11.6%
     
Business QuickFacts Lancaster County Pennsylvania
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2006 12,139 304,058
Private nonfarm employment, 2006 222,257 5,189,949
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 3.6% 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2006 35,323 742,056
Total number of firms, 2002 40,413 874,255
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 0.5% 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 F S
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.5% 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.3% 1.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 27.4% 26.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 11,871,514 181,462,443
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 11,678,030 183,741,873
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 5,379,410 130,713,197
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $11,240 $10,603
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 588,172 15,305,402
Building permits, 2008 1,484 24,577
Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) 2,725,554 117,151,079
     
Geography QuickFacts Lancaster County Pennsylvania
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 949.06 44,816.61
Persons per square mile, 2000 496 274
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Lancaster, PA Metro Area  

1: Includes data not distributed by county.

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

D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
F: Fewer than 100 firms
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
X: Not applicable
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised:  U.S. Census, Friday, 04-Sep-2009 15:28:15 EDT 

Updated: Nov. 9, 2009