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People QuickFacts |
Greenville |
North Carolina |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
72,052 | 8,856,505 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
16.2% | 10.1% |
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Population, 2000 |
60,476 | 8,049,313 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
5.6% | 6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
18.8% | 24.4% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
8.8% | 12.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
53.7% | 51.0% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
61.4% | 72.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
34.1% | 21.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.3% | 1.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.8% | 1.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.3% | 1.3% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
2.1% | 4.7% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
32.4% | 53.0% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
3.9% | 5.3% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
6.7% | 8.0% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
86.0% | 78.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
38.4% | 22.5% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
17.9 | 24.0 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
28,145 | 3,523,944 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
39.3% | 69.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$110,200 | $108,300 |
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Households, 2000 |
25,204 | 3,132,013 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.18 | 2.49 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$28,648 | $39,184 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$18,476 | $20,307 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
26.1% | 12.3% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Greenville |
North Carolina |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
259,447 | 104,331,152 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,181,746 | 88,821,486 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$18,002 | $10,685 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
167,364 | 11,237,386 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
4,813 | 642,597 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
10.8% | 8.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 2.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | Z |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
22.9% | 27.1% |
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