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People QuickFacts |
Contra Costa County |
California |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
1,029,703 | 36,756,666 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
8.5% | 8.5% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
948,817 | 33,871,650 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007 |
6.5% | 7.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007 |
24.6% | 25.7% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007 |
11.8% | 11.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2007 |
50.9% | 50.0% |
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White persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
72.0% | 76.8% |
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Black persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
9.7% | 6.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.8% | 1.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
13.5% | 12.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.5% | 0.4% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007 |
3.5% | 2.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b) |
22.4% | 36.2% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007 |
51.5% | 42.7% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
53.2% | 50.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
19.0% | 26.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
26.0% | 39.5% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
86.9% | 76.8% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
35.0% | 26.6% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
147,572 | 5,923,361 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
34.4 | 27.7 |
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Housing units, 2007 |
392,634 | 13,308,346 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
69.3% | 56.9% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
24.0% | 31.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$267,800 | $211,500 |
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Households, 2000 |
344,129 | 11,502,870 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.72 | 2.87 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$76,317 | $59,928 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$30,615 | $22,711 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
8.7% | 12.4% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Contra Costa County |
California |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2006 |
23,164 | 878,1281 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2006 |
338,156 | 13,834,2641 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 |
7.1% | 7.4%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2006 |
74,779 | 2,645,256 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
82,564 | 2,908,758 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 3.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
1.4% | 1.3% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
12.0% | 12.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.3% | 0.2% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
8.9% | 14.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
33.9% | 29.9% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
11,515,876 | 378,661,414 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
18,132,332 | 655,954,708 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
10,108,546 | 359,120,365 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$10,225 | $10,264 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,184,301 | 55,559,669 |
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Building permits, 2007 |
3,700 | 110,073 |
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Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) |
5,449,176 | 260,421,9211 |