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People QuickFacts |
Okaloosa County |
Florida |
|
Population, 2000 |
170,498 |
15,982,378 |
|
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000
|
18.6% |
23.5% |
|
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000
|
6.4% |
5.9% |
|
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000
|
24.7% |
22.8% |
|
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000
|
12.1% |
17.6% |
|
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
83.4% |
78.0% |
|
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
9.1% |
14.6% |
|
American Indian and Alaska Native persons,
percent, 2000 (a) |
0.6% |
0.3% |
|
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
2.5% |
1.7% |
|
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% |
0.1% |
|
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000
(a) |
1.3% |
3.0% |
|
Persons reporting two or more races, percent,
2000 |
3.0% |
2.4% |
|
Female persons, percent, 2000 |
49.5% |
51.2% |
|
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent,
2000 (b) |
4.3% |
16.8% |
|
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin,
percent, 2000 |
81.0% |
65.4% |
|
High school graduates, persons 25 years and
over, 1990 |
76,190 |
6,616,094 |
|
College graduates, persons 25 years and over,
1990 |
19,098 |
1,624,405 |
|
Housing units, 2000 |
78,593 |
7,302,947 |
|
Homeownership rate, 2000 |
66.4% |
70.1% |
|
Households, 2000 |
66,269 |
6,337,929 |
|
Persons per household, 2000 |
2.49 |
2.46 |
|
Households with persons under 18, percent, 2000
|
35.9% |
31.3% |
|
Median household money income, 1997 model-based
estimate |
$36,788 |
$32,877 |
|
Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based
estimate |
10.5% |
14.4% |
|
Children below poverty, percent, 1997
model-based estimate |
14.7% |
21.8% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Okaloosa County |
Florida |
|
Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 |
4,813 |
424,089 |
|
Private nonfarm employment, 1999 |
57,204 |
5,954,982 |
|
Private nonfarm employment, percent change
1990-1999 |
34.8% |
29.3% |
|
Nonemployer establishments, 1998 |
10,681 |
987,458 |
|
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)
|
296,471 |
77,477,510 |
|
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
1,754,851 |
151,191,241 |
|
Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$10,468 |
$10,297 |
|
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997
|
9.4% |
22.0% |
|
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997
|
31.3% |
25.9% |
|
Housing units authorized by building permits,
2000 |
1,489 |
155,269 |
|
Federal funds and grants, 2000 ($1000)
|
2,143,509 |
92,776,372 |
|
Local government employment - full-time
equivalent, 1997 |
5,770 |
543,525 |