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People QuickFacts |
Palm Beach County |
Florida |
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Population, 2010 |
1,320,134 | 18,801,310 |
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Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 |
16.7% | 17.6% |
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Population, 2000 |
1,131,190 | 15,982,839 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2009 |
6.0% | 6.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2009 |
21.0% | 21.9% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2009 |
21.5% | 17.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2009 |
51.1% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
73.5% | 75.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
17.3% | 16.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.5% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
2.4% | 2.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 |
2.3% | 2.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) |
19.0% | 22.5% |
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White persons not Hispanic, persons, 2010 |
60.1% | 57.9% |
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Living in same house 1 year ago, pct 1 yr old & over, 2005-2009 |
84.4% | 82.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2005-2009 |
21.2% | 18.7% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2005-2009 |
25.8% | 25.8% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 |
86.6% | 84.9% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 |
31.3% | 25.6% |
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Veterans, 2005-2009 |
113,328 | 1,685,421 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2005-2009 |
25.0 | 25.8 |
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Housing units, 2009 |
642,041 | 8,852,754 |
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Homeownership rate, 2005-2009 |
73.8% | 69.7% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2005-2009 |
41.7% | 30.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2005-2009 |
$278,500 | $211,300 |
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Households, 2005-2009 |
508,520 | 7,076,539 |
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Persons per household, 2005-2009 |
2.46 | 2.52 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2009 dollars) 2005-2009 |
$33,586 | $26,503 |
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Median household income, 2009 |
$49,660 | $44,755 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009 |
14.4% | 15.0% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Palm Beach County |
Florida |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2008 |
42,802 | 507,0271 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2008 |
477,475 | 7,366,5711 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2008 |
6.4% | 18.5%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2008 |
128,907 | 1,608,887 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 |
163,435 | 2,009,747 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
8.9% | 9.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2007 |
0.5% | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
2.3% | 2.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2007 |
S | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
14.4% | 22.4% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
27.8% | 28.9% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) |
4,240,652 | 104,832,907 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) |
12,017,516 | 221,641,518 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) |
19,321,650 | 262,341,127 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 |
$15,278 | $14,353 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) |
3,088,613 | 41,922,059 |
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Building permits, 2009 |
1,431 | 35,329 |
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Federal spending, 2008 |
9,008,317 | 149,872,1781 |
