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Saline County Economic Development Corporation
Census Data Quick Facts Saline County Arkansas
Population, 2005 estimate 91,188 2,779,154
Population, % change 4/1/2000 to 7/1/2005 9.20% 4.00%
Population, 2000   83.529   2,673,400
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005   5.50%   6.70%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005   23.20%   24.30%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005   13.10%   13.80%
Female persons, percent, 2005   50.20%   51.00%
          
White persons, percent, 2005   94.80%   81.30%
Black persons, percent, 2005   3.20%   15.70%
American Indian and Alaska native persons, percent, 2005   0.50%   0.70%
Asian persons, percent, 2005   0.60%   1.00%
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005   0.00%   0.10%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005   0.90%   1.20%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005   2.00%   4.70%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005   92.90%   77.00%
          
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, percent, 5 years old & over   54.70%   53.30%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000   1.30%   2.80%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent, age 5+, 2000   3.10%   5.00%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000   82.30%   75.30%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2000   16.40%   16.70%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000   16,945   576,471
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000   27   21.9
           
Housing units, 2005   38,092   1,249,116
Homeownership rate, 2000   80.70%   69.40%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000   5.40%   13.90%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000   $93,700   $72,800
          
Households, 2000   31,778   1,042,696
Persons per household, 2000   2.57   2.49
Median household income, 2003   $44,304   $33,445
Per capita money income, 1999   $19,214   $16,904
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003   9.40%   16.00%
          
Census Data Business Quick Facts   Saline County   Arkansas
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004   1,596   652,911
Private nonfarm employment, 2004   16,894   10,075,121
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2004   7.90%   1.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2004   6,314   177,721
         
Total number of firms, 2002   6,803   209,010
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002   NA   4.30%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 200   NA   1.10%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002   NA   1.00%
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002   NA   0.00%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002   NA   1.00%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002   23.70%   23.70%
          
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)   370,566   46,721,413
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)   304,804   34,470,795
Retail sales, 2002, ($1000)   973,769   25,611,630
Retail sales per capita, 2002   $11,292   $9,459
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)   54,322   2,766,905
Building permits, 2005   835   17,932
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)   319,984   194,888,221
          
Census Data Geography Quick Facts   Saline County   Arkansas
Land area, 2000 (square miles)   723   52,068
Persons per square mile   115.5   51.3
FIPS Code   125   5