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People QuickFacts |
Middlesex County |
Connecticut |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
164,794 | 3,501,252 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
6.3% | 2.8% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
155,073 | 3,405,604 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 |
5.3% | 6.0% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 |
21.7% | 23.2% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 |
14.5% | 13.7% |
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Female persons, percent, 2008 |
51.1% | 51.2% |
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White persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
91.4% | 84.3% |
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Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
4.8% | 10.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.2% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
2.2% | 3.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 |
1.4% | 1.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) |
4.2% | 12.0% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 |
87.8% | 73.8% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
59.0% | 58.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
6.0% | 10.9% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
9.5% | 18.3% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
88.7% | 84.0% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
33.8% | 31.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
21,895 | 546,813 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
24.5 | 24.4 |
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Housing units, 2008 |
72,598 | 1,443,115 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
72.1% | 66.8% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
24.7% | 35.1% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$166,000 | $166,900 |
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Households, 2000 |
61,341 | 1,301,670 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.43 | 2.53 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$72,155 | $65,969 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$28,251 | $28,766 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
5.2% | 7.9% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Middlesex County |
Connecticut |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2007 |
4,439 | 93,6151 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2007 |
64,621 | 1,539,2681 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2007 |
6.9% | -0.5%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2007 |
13,519 | 260,305 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
15,586 | 301,571 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 3.4% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
1.5% | 2.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.9% | 3.1% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
29.5% | 27.2% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
2,459,694 | 45,053,345 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 86,932,049 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,607,873 | 41,952,682 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$10,075 | $12,129 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
219,011 | 6,681,803 |
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Building permits, 2008 |
355 | 5,220 |
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Federal spending, 2008 |
993,623 | 38,878,5221 |
