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People QuickFacts |
Rome |
Georgia |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
36,142 | 9,363,941 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
1.9% | 14.4% |
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Population, 2000 |
34,980 | 8,186,453 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
6.7% | 7.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
24.2% | 26.5% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
15.9% | 9.6% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
52.6% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
63.1% | 65.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
27.7% | 28.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.4% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.4% | 2.1% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.6% | 1.4% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
10.3% | 5.3% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
47.4% | 49.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
8.9% | 7.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
12.5% | 9.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
68.1% | 78.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
18.9% | 24.3% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
20.5 | 27.7 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
14,508 | 3,281,737 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
53.0% | 67.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$87,100 | $111,200 |
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Households, 2000 |
13,320 | 3,006,369 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.47 | 2.65 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$30,930 | $42,433 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$17,327 | $21,154 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
20.3% | 13.0% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Rome |
Georgia |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
201,484 | 201,091,040 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
851,944 | 90,098,578 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$23,830 | $10,499 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
112,455 | 12,740,423 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
3,112 | 674,521 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
11.0% | 13.4% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.7% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
5.6% | 4.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 2.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | Z |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
27.6% | 29.1% |
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