Ocala Marion County Census Information

Here is the 2000 census and demographic data on the Ocala Marion County area

People Facts Marion County Florida
Population, 2001 estimate 267,889 16,396,515
Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 3.5% 2.6%
Population, 2000 258,916 15,982,378
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 32.9% 23.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.2% 5.9%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 21.4% 22.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 24.5% 17.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000 51.7% 51.2%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 84.2% 78.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 11.5% 14.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4% 0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.7% 1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z 0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 1.7% 3.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 1.4% 2.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 6.0% 16.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 80.4% 65.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 50.3% 48.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 5.2% 16.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 8.8% 23.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 78.2% 79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 13.7% 22.3%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 62,180 3,274,566
Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 25.8 26.2
Housing units, 2000 122,663 7,302,947
Homeownership rate, 2000 79.8% 70.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 9.4% 29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $81,300 $105,500
Households, 2000 106,755 6,337,929
Persons per household, 2000 2.36 2.46
Median household money income, 1999 $31,944 $38,819
Per capita money income, 1999 $17,848 $21,557
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 13.1% 12.5%
Business Facts Marion County Florida
Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 5,408 424,089
Private nonfarm employment, 1999 71,483 5,954,982
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 39.1% 29.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 1999 13,845 1,031,053
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 1,287,800 77,477,510
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 2,221,375 151,191,241
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $9,423 $10,297
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 7.2% 22.0%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 23.8% 25.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 2,354 155,269
Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 1,495,577 99,998,376
Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 7,572 543,525
Geography Facts Marion County Florida
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 1,579 53,927
Persons per square mile, 2000 164.0 296.4
Metropolitan Area Ocala, FL MSA