County and City Extra 2009 - Annual Metro, City and County Data Book (Electronic book text, 17th Revised ed.)

When you want only one source of information about your city or county, turn to County and City Extra

This trusted reference compiles information from many sources to provide all the key demographic and economic data for every state, county, metropolitan area, congressional district, and for all cities in the United States with a 2000 population of 25,000 or more. In one volume you can conveniently find data from 1980 to 2008 in easy-to-read tables. No other resource compiles this amount of detailed information into one place.

Subjects covered in County and City Extra include: population by age and race government finances income and poverty manufacturing, trade, and services crime housing education immigration and migration labor force and employment agriculture, land, and water

New to the 17th edition In addition to updated data, this edition includes new state-level data on the percentage of mortgaged owners and renters spending 30% or more of income on housing expenses, median monthly housing costs, as well as newly released 2007 Census of Agriculture data, including the average value of government payments per farm.

The 2009 edition also includes: full-color U.S. maps showing county-level data ranking tables for each geography type on a wide range of subjects easy-to-read data tables glossaries of geographic concepts and codes state maps showing congressional districts and metropolitan areas