People QuickFacts	Sandusky	Ohio
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	26,216	11,478,006
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	-5.8%	1.1%
  	Population, 2000    	27,844	11,353,140
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	7.2%	6.6%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	25.8%	25.4%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	15.1%	13.3%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	52.8%	51.4% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	74.5%	85.0%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	21.1%	11.5%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.3%	0.2%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.3%	1.2%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	2.9%	1.4%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	3.1%	1.9% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	54.7%	57.5%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	1.7%	3.0%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	4.2%	6.1%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	79.6%	83.0%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	11.2%	21.1%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	16.2	22.9 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	13,323	4,783,051
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	56.5%	69.1%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$75,400	$103,700 			
  	Households, 2000    	11,851	4,445,773
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.31	2.49
  	Median household income, 1999    	$31,133	$40,956
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$18,111	$21,003
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	15.3%	10.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Sandusky	Ohio
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	77,833	166,446,529
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	242,135	119,778,409
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$8,872	$10,503
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	46,830	14,875,890
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	1,883	817,693
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	4.4%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.4%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.7%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.9%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	S
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	21.2%	28.1% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Sandusky	Ohio
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	10	40,948
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	2,770.5	277.3
  	FIPS Code    	70380	39
 	Counties    	Erie 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