People QuickFacts	Jacksonville	North Carolina
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	69,688	8,856,505
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	4.4%	10.1%
  	Population, 2000    	66,715	8,049,313
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	9.6%	6.7%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	24.3%	24.4%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	4.8%	12.0%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	39.0%	51.0% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	63.9%	72.1%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	24.0%	21.6%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.8%	1.2%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	2.1%	1.4%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.2%	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	3.7%	1.3%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	10.0%	4.7% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	24.5%	53.0%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	5.0%	5.3%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	12.8%	8.0%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	88.7%	78.1%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	17.8%	22.5%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	15.5	24.0 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	18,312	3,523,944
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	39.2%	69.4%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$86,100	$108,300 			
  	Households, 2000    	17,175	3,132,013
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.83	2.49
  	Median household income, 1999    	$32,544	$39,184
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$14,237	$20,307
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	14.1%	12.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Jacksonville	North Carolina
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	D	104,331,152
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,053,560	88,821,486
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$15,813	$10,685
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	128,782	11,237,386
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	2,929	642,597
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	12.9%	8.1%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.9%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	4.2%	2.1%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.4%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	35.1%	27.1% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Jacksonville	North Carolina
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	44	48,710
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,499.9	165.2
  	FIPS Code    	34200	37
 	Counties    	Onslow County
 	

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

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: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts