People QuickFacts	Contra Costa County	California
  	Population, 2008 estimate    	1,029,703	36,756,666
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008    	8.5%	8.5%
  	Population estimates base (April 1) 2000    	948,817	33,871,650
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007    	6.5%	7.3%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007    	24.6%	25.7%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007    	11.8%	11.0%
  	Female persons, percent, 2007    	50.9%	50.0% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	72.0%	76.8%
  	Black persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	9.7%	6.7%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	0.8%	1.2%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	13.5%	12.4%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a)    	0.5%	0.4%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007    	3.5%	2.5%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b)    	22.4%	36.2%
  	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007    	51.5%	42.7% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	53.2%	50.2%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	19.0%	26.2%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	26.0%	39.5%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	86.9%	76.8%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	35.0%	26.6%
  	Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000    	147,572	5,923,361
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	34.4	27.7 			
  	Housing units, 2007    	392,634	13,308,346
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	69.3%	56.9%
  	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000    	24.0%	31.4%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$267,800	$211,500 			
  	Households, 2000    	344,129	11,502,870
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.72	2.87
  	Median household income, 2007    	$76,317	$59,928
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$30,615	$22,711
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 2007    	8.7%	12.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Contra Costa County	California
  	Private nonfarm establishments, 2006    	23,164	878,128
  	Private nonfarm employment, 2006    	338,156	13,834,264
  	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006    	7.1%	7.4%
  	Nonemployer establishments, 2006    	74,779	2,645,256
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	82,564	2,908,758
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	3.9%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	1.4%	1.3%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	12.0%	12.8%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	0.3%	0.2%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	8.9%	14.7%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	33.9%	29.9% 			
  	Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)    	11,515,876	378,661,414
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	18,132,332	655,954,708
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	10,108,546	359,120,365
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$10,225	$10,264
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,184,301	55,559,669
  	Building permits, 2007    	3,700	110,073
  	Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)    	5,449,176	260,421,921

   	Geography QuickFacts	Contra Costa County	California
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	719.95	155,959.34
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,317.8	217.2
  	FIPS Code    	013	06
  	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area	 

(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