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Fast Facts
| People
QuickFacts |
Madera
County |
California |
| Population, 2003 estimate |
133,463 |
35,484,453 |
| Population,
percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
8.4% |
4.8% |
| Population, 2000 |
123,109 |
33,871,648 |
| Population, percent change, 1990
to 2000 |
39.8% |
13.6% |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent,
2000 |
7.7% |
7.3% |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent,
2000 |
29.6% |
27.3% |
| Persons 65 years old and over,
percent, 2000 |
11.0% |
10.6% |
| Female persons, percent, 2000
|
52.1% |
50.2% |
| White persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
62.2% |
59.5% |
| Black or African American persons,
percent, 2000 (a) |
4.1% |
6.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native
persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
2.6% |
1.0% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
1.3% |
10.9% |
| Native Hawaiian and other Pacific
Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2% |
0.3% |
| Persons reporting some other
race, percent, 2000 (a) |
24.4% |
16.8% |
| Persons reporting two or more
races, percent, 2000 |
5.2% |
4.7% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino
origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
44.3% |
32.4% |
| White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino
origin, percent, 2000 |
46.6% |
46.7% |
| Living in same house in 1995
and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 |
52.8% |
50.2% |
| Foreign born persons, percent,
2000 |
20.1% |
26.2% |
| Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
37.0% |
39.5% |
| High school graduates, percent
of persons age 25+, 2000 |
65.4% |
76.8% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
12.0% |
26.6% |
| Persons with a disability, age
5+, 2000 |
23,970 |
5,923,361 |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes),
workers age 16+, 2000 |
26.3 |
27.7 |
| Housing units, 2002 |
41,859 |
12,507,767 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 |
66.2% |
56.9% |
| Housing units in multi-unit
structures, percent, 2000 |
12.0% |
31.4% |
| Median value of owner-occupied
housing units, 2000 |
$118,800 |
$211,500 |
| Households, 2000 |
36,155 |
11,502,870 |
| Persons per household, 2000
|
3.18 |
2.87 |
| Median household income, 1999
|
$36,286 |
$47,493 |
| Per capita money income, 1999
|
$14,682 |
$22,711 |
| Persons below poverty, percent,
1999 |
21.4% |
14.2% |
| Business
QuickFacts |
Madera
County |
California |
| Private nonfarm establishments
with paid employees, 2001 |
1,871 |
806,733 |
| Private nonfarm employment, 2001
|
24,012 |
13,239,616 |
| Private nonfarm employment, percent
change 2000-2001 |
3.7% |
2.8% |
| Nonemployer establishments, 2000
|
5,028 |
2,103,178 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 1997
($1000) |
952,330 |
379,612,443 |
| Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
527,342 |
263,118,346 |
| Retail sales per capita, 1997
|
$4,690 |
$8,167 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent
of total, 1997 |
5.2% |
28.8% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of
total, 1997 |
25.2% |
27.3% |
| Housing units authorized by
building permits, 2002 |
981 |
159,573 |
| Federal funds and grants, 2002
($1000) |
500,411 |
206,401,495 |
| Geography
QuickFacts |
Madera
County |
California |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles)
|
2,136 |
155,959 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000
|
57.6 |
217.2 |
| Metropolitan Area |
Fresno,
CA MSA |
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| FIPS Code |
039 |
06 |
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in
applicable race categories.
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