Hernando County, Florida Census Information     People QuickFacts Hernando County Florida Population, 2003 estimate 143,449 17,019,068 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 9.7% 6.5% Population, 2000 130,802 15,982,378 Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 29.4% 23.5% Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 4.5% 5.9% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 18.9% 22.8% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 30.9% 17.6% Female persons, percent, 2000 52.5% 51.2% White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 92.9% 78.0% Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 4.1% 14.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.6% 1.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 1.0% 3.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.1% 2.4% White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 89.2% 65.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 5.0% 16.8% Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 54.9% 48.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 5.3% 16.7% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 9.3% 23.1% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 78.5% 79.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 12.7% 22.3% Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 33,524 3,274,566 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 29.3 26.2 Housing units, 2002 65,639 7,624,378 Homeownership rate, 2000 86.5% 70.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 4.3% 29.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $87,300 $105,500 Households, 2000 55,425 6,337,929 Persons per household, 2000 2.32 2.46 Median household income, 1999 $32,572 $38,819 Per capita money income, 1999 $18,321 $21,557 Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 10.3% 12.5%     Business QuickFacts Hernando County Florida Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 2,380 434,583 Private nonfarm employment, 2001 23,756 6,431,696 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 0.6% 3.4% Nonemployer establishments, 2000 6,777 1,074,020 Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 235,243 77,477,510 Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 821,522 151,191,241 Retail sales per capita, 1997 $6,626 $10,297 Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 6.9% 22.0% Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 19.8% 25.9% Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 1,847 185,431 Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) 965,924 104,813,756     Geography QuickFacts Hernando County Florida Land area, 2000 (square miles) 478 53,927 Persons per square mile, 2000 273.5 296.4 Metropolitan Area Tpa-St. Pete-Clearwater, FL   FIPS Code 053 12   (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