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People QuickFacts |
Windham County |
Connecticut |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
117,345 | 3,501,252 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
7.6% | 2.8% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
109,091 | 3,405,604 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007 |
5.8% | 6.0% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007 |
22.4% | 23.4% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007 |
12.1% | 13.5% |
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Female persons, percent, 2007 |
50.6% | 51.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
94.5% | 84.5% |
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Black persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
2.5% | 10.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.5% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
1.1% | 3.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007 |
1.3% | 1.4% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b) |
8.0% | 11.5% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007 |
87.5% | 74.4% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
58.9% | 58.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
4.3% | 10.9% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
11.7% | 18.3% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
79.6% | 84.0% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
19.0% | 31.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
19,394 | 546,813 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
25.7 | 24.4 |
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Housing units, 2007 |
46,945 | 1,438,436 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
67.4% | 66.8% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
29.9% | 35.1% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$117,200 | $166,900 |
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Households, 2000 |
41,142 | 1,301,670 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.56 | 2.53 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$57,339 | $65,969 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$20,443 | $28,766 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
8.5% | 7.9% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Windham County |
Connecticut |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2006 |
2,262 | 93,4211 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2006 |
31,060 | 1,585,8431 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 |
-0.4% | 2.6%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2006 |
6,946 | 253,992 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
7,960 | 301,571 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 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 |
1.7% | 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 |
1.5% | 3.1% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
35.5% | 27.2% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
1,434,845 | 45,053,345 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
466,946 | 86,932,049 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
928,365 | 41,952,682 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$8,352 | $12,129 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
102,056 | 6,681,803 |
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Building permits, 2007 |
303 | 7,746 |
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Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) |
649,319 | 32,378,0631 |
