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People QuickFacts |
Harrisonburg |
Virginia |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
40,885 | 7,642,884 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
1.1% | 8.0% |
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Population, 2000 |
40,468 | 7,078,515 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
4.7% | 6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
15.4% | 24.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
9.3% | 11.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
52.6% | 51.0% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
84.8% | 72.3% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
5.9% | 19.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
3.1% | 3.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
2.6% | 2.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
8.8% | 4.7% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
33.2% | 52.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
9.2% | 8.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
13.9% | 11.1% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
76.8% | 81.5% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
31.2% | 29.5% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
14.8 | 27.0 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
13,689 | 2,904,192 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
39.0% | 68.1% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$122,700 | $125,400 |
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Households, 2000 |
13,133 | 2,699,173 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.53 | 2.54 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$29,949 | $46,677 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$14,898 | $23,975 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
30.1% | 9.6% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Harrisonburg |
Virginia |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 69,267,796 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
891,822 | 80,509,062 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$21,764 | $11,050 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
108,438 | 10,929,429 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
3,519 | 529,520 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 7.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
4.2% | 5.8% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 3.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.1% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
25.1% | 29.7% |
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