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People QuickFacts |
Palm Bay |
Florida |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
97,748 | 18,089,888 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
23.1% | 13.2% |
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Population, 2000 |
79,413 | 15,982,378 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
6.1% | 5.9% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
26.5% | 22.8% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
14.7% | 17.6% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.2% | 51.2% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
81.5% | 78.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
11.3% | 14.6% |
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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) |
1.7% | 1.7% |
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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 |
2.7% | 2.4% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
8.6% | 16.8% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
52.0% | 48.9% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
9.5% | 16.7% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
12.5% | 23.1% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
83.7% | 79.9% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
16.7% | 22.3% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
25.9 | 26.2 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
32,902 | 7,302,947 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
75.3% | 70.1% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$78,300 | $105,500 |
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Households, 2000 |
30,336 | 6,337,929 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.60 | 2.46 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$36,508 | $38,819 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$16,992 | $21,557 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
9.5% | 12.5% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Palm Bay |
Florida |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
101,949 | 219,490,896 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
526,372 | 191,805,685 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$6,341 | $11,501 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
47,269 | 29,366,940 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
5,199 | 1,539,207 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
10.3% | 6.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 0.6% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 2.7% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
6.2% | 17.3% |
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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 |
23.4% | 28.4% |
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