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People QuickFacts |
Ithaca |
New York |
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Population, 2003 estimate |
30,343 | 19,190,115 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
5.4% | 1.1% |
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Population, 2000 |
29,287 | 18,976,457 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
-0.9% | 5.5% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
2.5% | 6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
9.2% | 24.7% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
6.3% | 12.9% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
49.4% | 51.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
74.0% | 67.9% |
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Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
6.7% | 15.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.4% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
13.7% | 5.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | Z |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.9% | 7.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
3.4% | 3.1% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
5.3% | 15.1% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
19.4% | 61.8% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
16.0% | 20.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
22.6% | 28.0% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
89.5% | 79.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
57.9% | 27.4% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
14.3 | 31.7 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
10,736 | 7,679,307 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
26.0% | 53.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$96,200 | $148,700 |
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Households, 2000 |
10,287 | 7,056,860 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.13 | 2.61 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$21,441 | $43,393 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$13,408 | $23,389 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
40.2% | 14.6% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Ithaca |
New York |
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Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) |
166,946 | 319,697,562 |
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
491,018 | 139,303,944 |
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Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$16,617 | $7,678 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000) |
81,308 | 21,680,529 |
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Total number of firms, 1997 |
2,895 | 1,509,829 |
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
F | 19.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
26.9% | 26.1% |
