Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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	People QuickFacts		Bucks County	Pennsylvania
	Population, 2006 estimate		623,205	12,440,621
	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006		4.3%	1.3%
	Population, 2000		597,635	12,281,054
	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006		5.6%	5.8%
	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006		23.3%	22.5%
	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006		13.2%	15.2%
	Female persons, percent, 2006		50.6%	51.4%
	White persons, percent, 2006 (a)		92.0%	85.7%
	Black persons, percent, 2006 (a)		3.6%	10.7%
	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a)		0.2%	0.2%
	Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a)		3.4%	2.4%
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a)		Z	Z
	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006		0.9%	1.0%
	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b)		3.1%	4.2%
	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006		89.2%	82.1%
	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over		63.2%	63.5%
	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000		5.9%	4.1%
	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000		8.7%	8.4%
	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000		88.6%	81.9%
	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000		31.2%	22.4%
	Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000		84,705	2,111,771
	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000		28.6	25.2
	Housing units, 2006		239,200	5,453,228
	Homeownership rate, 2000		77.4%	71.3%
	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000		19.4%	21.2%
	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000		$163,200	$97,000
	Households, 2000		218,725	4,777,003
	Persons per household, 2000		2.69	2.48
	Median household income, 2004		$64,696	$43,714
	Per capita money income, 1999		$27,430	$20,880
	Persons below poverty, percent, 2004		5.9%	11.2%
	Business QuickFacts		Bucks County	Pennsylvania
	Private nonfarm establishments, 2005		19,137	303,3331
	Private nonfarm employment, 2005		254,842	5,082,6301
	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005		2.9%	-0.1%1
	Nonemployer establishments, 2005		47,386	730,980
	Total number of firms, 2002		58,154	874,255
	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002		0.9%	2.8%
	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002		S	S
	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002		2.7%	2.6%
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002		F	0.0%
	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002		1.1%	1.3%
	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002		21.6%	26.0%
	Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)		9,586,071	181,462,443
	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)		10,169,570	183,741,873
	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)		8,625,586	130,713,197
	Retail sales per capita, 2002		$14,157	$10,603
	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)		713,789	15,305,402
	Building permits, 2006		1,552	39,128
	Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)		2,692,694	94,900,2541
	Geography QuickFacts		Bucks County	Pennsylvania
	Land area, 2000 (square miles)		607.38	44,816.61
	Persons per square mile, 2000		984.6	274.0
	FIPS Code		017	42
	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area		Philadelphia- Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area

1:Includes data not distributed by county.

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
F: Fewer than 100 firms
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
X: Not applicable
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown