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People QuickFacts |
Surprise |
Arizona |
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Population, 2003 estimate |
50,585 | 5,580,811 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
63.7% | 8.8% |
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Population, 2000 |
30,848 | 5,130,632 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
329.5% | 40.0% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.3% | 7.5% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
19.9% | 26.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
25.4% | 13.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
50.9% | 50.1% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
86.0% | 75.5% |
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Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
2.6% | 3.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.4% | 5.0% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.1% | 1.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
7.9% | 11.6% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
2.0% | 2.9% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
23.3% | 25.3% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
23.4% | 44.3% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
11.2% | 12.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
21.2% | 25.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
85.0% | 81.0% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
20.5% | 23.5% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
30.2 | 24.9 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
16,260 | 2,189,189 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
88.3% | 68.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$128,300 | $121,300 |
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Households, 2000 |
12,484 | 1,901,327 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.46 | 2.64 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$44,156 | $40,558 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$21,451 | $20,275 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
8.7% | 13.9% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Surprise |
Arizona |
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Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) |
D | 45,899,068 |
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
53,172 | 43,960,933 |
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Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$4,641 | $9,657 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000) |
18,365 | 6,634,744 |
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Total number of firms, 1997 |
728 | 329,031 |
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
19.0% | 13.2% |
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Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
23.2% | 27.0% |
