Census 2000	Percent Change 1990-2000	Percent of County Population
Total	16,809	14.5
Under 5	1,106	(12.9)	6.6
Under 18	4,649	(8.2)	27.7
65 and over	1,821	25.9	10.8
85 and over	179	49.2	1.1
Male	9,276	27.7	55.2
Female	7,533	1.7	44.8
White	12,749	34.9	75.8
Black	738	1,090.3	4.4
Asian	86	177.4	0.5
Hispanic	10,262	23.2	61.1

Employment

	2001	Percent Change 2000-2001	Average Annual Growth 1996-2001	Percent of County Employment	Firms in 2001
Total	4,902	0.0	(0.4)		380
Agricultural Services, Forestry, Fishing	218	(11.0)	(0.5)	4.4	34
Mining	456	(9.2)	(4.5)	9.3	39
Construction	135	26.2	0.6	2.8	24
Manufacturing	76	(6.2)	(6.3)	1.6	9
Transportation/Public Utilities/Communications	162	13.3	(3.7)	3.3	22
Wholesale Trade	169	(10.1)	(0.8)	3.4	19
Retail Trade	872	0.8	(0.0)	17.8	79
Services	758	2.8	0.7	15.5	81
Financial, Insurance, Real Estate	155	9.9	2.2	3.2	23
Government	1,893	0.0	0.5	38.6	48

Unemployment

	2001	Change 2000-2001	Change 1996-2001	2001 State Ranking
Unemployment Rate	5.0%	(0.4)	(1.1)	78

Income

Income	1999	Percent Change 1998-1999	Avg. Annual Percent Change 1994-1999	1999 State Ranking
Personal Income (Thousands)	$223,473	3.7	3.8	156
Average Per Capita Income	$13,910	3.9	2.0	241

Poverty

	1998	Change 1997-1998	Change 1993-1998	1998 State Ranking
Poverty Rate	24.0%	(1.2)	(3.0)	42
Ages 0-17	29.3%	0.6	(4.7)	68
Ages 5-17 in families	30.4%	0.3	(2.4)	67

Property Values

	2000	Percent Change 1999-2000	Avg. Annual Percent Change 1995-2000	2000 State Ranking
January 1st Total Property Value	$1,984,079,882	(6.8)	(6.3)	69
Property Value Per Capita	$118,037	(11.0)	(6.8)	31

Sales Activity

	2000	Percent Change 1999-2000	Avg. Annual Percent Change 1995-2000
Taxable Sales	$73,106,717	6.9	2.1
Sales Tax Outlets	443	(1.6)	(1.5)

Education

	Number of Districts	Number of Schools	Enrollment	Percent Enrollment Growth from Prior Year
Public Education 2001-02	3	9	3,032	(1.7)
Higher Education Fall 2001