Calaveras Chamber of Commerce

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Current Information from the U.S. Census Bureau as of May 1, 2010

People QuickFacts Calaveras County California
Population, 2009 estimate 46,731 36,961,664
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 15.2% 9.1%
Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 40,554 33,871,648
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 4.1% 7.4%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 18.1% 25.5%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 18.2% 11.2%
Female persons, percent, 2008 50.6% 50.0%
White persons, percent, 2008 (a) 92.7% 76.6%
Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) 1.2% 6.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) 1.8% 1.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) 1.4% 12.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) 0.1% 0.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 2.8% 2.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) 10.6% 36.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 82.8% 42.3%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 55.0% 50.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 3.0% 26.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 6.2% 39.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 85.7% 76.8%
Bachelor’s degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 17.1% 26.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 8,199 5,923,361
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 34.5 27.7
Housing units, 2008 27,348 13,393,878
Homeownership rate, 2000 78.7% 56.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 3.7% 31.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $156,900 $211,500
Households, 2000 16,469 11,502,870
Persons per household, 2000 2.44 2.87
Median household income, 2008 $52,850 $61,017
Per capita money income, 1999 $21,420 $22,711
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008 11.5% 13.3%
Business QuickFacts Calaveras County California
Private nonfarm establishments, 2007 1,116 891,997
Private nonfarm employment, 2007 6,954 13,771,650
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2007 20.8% 6.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2007 3,831 2,757,179
Total number of firms, 2002 4,067 2,908,758
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 3.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 F 1.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 S 12.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms,
percent, 2002
F 0.2%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 14.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 S 29.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) NA 378,661,414
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 17,347 655,954,708
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 208,310 359,120,365
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $4,828 $10,264
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 28,203 55,559,669
Building permits, 2008 126 62,681
Federal spending, 2008 315,017 299,922,630
Geography QuickFacts Calaveras County California
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,020.04 155,959.34
Persons per square mile, 2000 39.8 217.2
FIPS Code 9 6
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County
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Calaveras Chamber of Commerce