People QuickFacts	Palm Bay	Florida
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	97,748	18,089,888
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	23.1%	13.2%
  	Population, 2000    	79,413	15,982,378
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	6.1%	5.9%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	26.5%	22.8%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	14.7%	17.6%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	51.2%	51.2% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	81.5%	78.0%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	11.3%	14.6%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.4%	0.3%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.7%	1.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	2.7%	2.4%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	8.6%	16.8% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	52.0%	48.9%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	9.5%	16.7%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	12.5%	23.1%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	83.7%	79.9%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	16.7%	22.3%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	25.9	26.2 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	32,902	7,302,947
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	75.3%	70.1%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$78,300	$105,500 			
  	Households, 2000    	30,336	6,337,929
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.60	2.46
  	Median household income, 1999    	$36,508	$38,819
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$16,992	$21,557
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	9.5%	12.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Palm Bay	Florida
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	101,949	219,490,896
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	526,372	191,805,685
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$6,341	$11,501
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	47,269	29,366,940
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	5,199	1,539,207
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	10.3%	6.6%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	0.6%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	2.7%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	6.2%	17.3%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.1%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	23.4%	28.4% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Palm Bay	Florida
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	63	53,926
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,247.7	296.4
  	FIPS Code    	54000	12
 	Counties    	Brevard 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