| People QuickFacts | Shenandoah County | Virginia |
| Population, 2006 estimate |
40,051 |
7,642,884 |
| Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
14.2% |
8.0% |
| Population, 2000 | 35,075 | 7,078,515 |
| Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 | 10.9% | 14.4% |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 |
5.9% |
6.7% |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 |
21.3% |
23.6% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 |
17.2% |
11.6% |
| Female persons, percent, 2006 |
51.3% |
50.8% |
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| White persons, percent, 2006 |
96.9% |
73.3% |
| Black persons, percent, 2006 |
1.4% |
19.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 |
0.2% |
0.3% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2006 |
0.6% |
4.8% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 |
0.0% | 0.1% |
| Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 |
0.9% |
1.6% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 |
4.8% |
6.3% |
White persons, not Hispanic, percent, 2006
|
92.3% |
67.7% |
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| Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 | 59.0% | 52.2% |
| Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 | 3.1% | 8.1% |
| Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 | 4.9% | 11.1% |
| High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 | 75.3% | 81.5% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 | 14.7% | 29.5% |
| Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 | 5,829 | 1,155,083 |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 | 27.1 | 27.0 |
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| Housing units, 2006 |
19,102 |
3,230,803 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 | 73.2% | 68.1% |
| Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 | 12.0% | 21.5% |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 | $99,400 | $125,400 |
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| Households, 2000 | 14,296 | 2,699,173 |
| Persons per household, 2000 | 2.42 | 2.54 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 | $19,755 | $23,975 |
| Median household income, 2004 |
$43,893 |
$51,103 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 |
8.6% |
9.5% |
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| Business QuickFacts | Shenandoah County | Virginia |
| Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 |
964 |
193,067 |
| Private nonfarm employment, 2005 |
13,240 |
3,060,127 |
| Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 |
3.7% |
5.4% |
| Nonemployer establishments, 2005 |
2,822 |
469,878 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) | 698,953 | 83,952,547 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) | 344,941 | 80,509,062 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002 | $9,472 | $11,069 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 2002 |
Fewer Than 100 |
17.8% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of total, 2002 |
43.3% |
29.7% |
| Housing units authorized by building permits, 2006 |
479 |
47,704 |
| Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) | 188,065 | 90,637,946 |
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| Geography QuickFacts | Shenandoah County | Virginia |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles) | 512 | 39,594 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000 | 68.5 | 178.8 |
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Source of Demographics: U.S. Census Bureau 
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