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People
    STARK COUNTY OHIO
  Population, 2001 estimate 377,438 11,373,541
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 -0.2% 0.2%
  Population, 2000 378,098 11,353,140
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 2.9% 4.7%
  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.4% 6.6%
  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 24.8% 25.4%
  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 15.1% 13.3%
  Female persons, percent, 2000 52.0% 51.4%
  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 90.3% 85.0%
  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 7.2% 11.5%
  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2% 0.2%
  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5% 1.2%
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z Z
  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 0.8%
  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.4% 1.4%
  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.9% 1.9%
  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 89.7% 84.0%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 61.8% 57.5%
  Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 1.8% 3.0%
  Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 4.3% 6.1%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 83.4% 83.0%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 17.9% 21.1%
  Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 61,750 1,909,489
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 21.3 22.9
  Housing units, 2000 157,024 4,783,051
  Homeownership rate, 2000 72.4% 69.1%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 20.9% 24.1%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $100,300 $103,700
  Households, 2000 148,316 4,445,773
  Persons per household, 2000 2.49 2.49
  Median household money income, 1999 $39,824 $40,956
  Per capita money income, 1999 $20,417 $21,003
  Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 9.2% 10.6%

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Business
    STARK COUNTY OHIO
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 9,432 270,766
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 158,015 4,867,368
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 8.4% 14.6%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 19,896 591,150
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 8,222,473 241,902,924
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 3,671,174 102,938,830
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $9,821 $9,181
  Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 4.3% 6.3%
  Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 24.8% 26.2%
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 1,255 49,745
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 1,697,179 61,704,785
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 13,207 421,092

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Geography
    STARK COUNTY OHIO
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 576 40,948
  Persons per square mile, 2000 656.3 277.3
  Metropolitan Area Canton-Massillon, OH MSA  

(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

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