Census 2000	Percent Change 1990-2000	Percent of County Population
Total	25,926	11.1
Under 5	2,172	8.3	8.4
Under 18	8,131	8.5	31.4
65 and over	3,534	21.2	13.6
85 and over	507	56.5	2.0
Male	12,628	12.2	48.7
Female	13,298	10.1	51.3
White	19,621	30.1	75.7
Black	93	97.9	0.4
Asian	101	44.3	0.4
Hispanic	17,089	21.2	65.9

Employment

	2001	Percent Change 2000-2001	Average Annual Growth 1996-2001	Percent of County Employment	Firms in 2001
Total	9,773	0.1	2.3		713
Agricultural Services, Forestry, Fishing	1,050	17.1	(1.2)	10.7	101
Mining	187	12.7	5.2	1.9	8
Construction	232	(22.7)	(4.5)	2.4	47
Manufacturing	691	(2.7)	(0.7)	7.1	28
Transportation/Public Utilities/Communications	325	(15.6)	2.6	3.3	41
Wholesale Trade	534	(5.0)	(1.3)	5.5	42
Retail Trade	1,771	3.7	2.5	18.1	129
Services	2,078	(2.1)	6.5	21.3	213
Financial, Insurance, Real Estate	244	(5.8)	0.9	2.5	46
Government	2,654	0.4	3.0	27.2	56

Unemployment

	2001	Change 2000-2001	Change 1996-2001	2001 State Ranking
Unemployment Rate	7.6%	0.5	(3.8)	20

Income

Income	2000	Percent Change 2000-2001	Avg. Annual Percent Change 1995-2000	2000 State Ranking
Personal Income (Thousands)	$492,738	5.8	5.7	104
Average Per Capita Income	$18,986	5.6	4.7	184

Poverty

	1998	Change 1997-1998	Change 1993-1998	1998 State Ranking
Poverty Rate	27.7%	(2.3)	(5.0)	21
Ages 0-17	36.6%	(4.6)	(5.3)	23
Ages 5-17 in families	38.3%	(1.8)	(2.5)	25

Property Values

	2000	Percent Change 1999-2000	Avg. Annual Percent Change 1995-2000	2000 State Ranking
January 1st Total Property Value	$1,059,101,148	3.3	4.1	125
Property Value Per Capita	$40,851	3.6	3.1	197

Sales Activity

	2000	Percent Change 1999-2000	Avg. Annual Percent Change 1995-2000
Taxable Sales	$145,171,763	5.3	6.1
Sales Tax Outlets	644	1.6	(0.2)

Education

	Number of Districts	Number of Schools	Enrollment	Percent Enrollment Growth from Prior Year
Public Education 2001-02	4	14	6,180	0.0
Higher Education Fall 2001		2	4,533	(0.2)