SOLANO

			SOLANO COUNTY



				Population
Land area (acres):	530,030		Cities	1-1-95
								SOLANO		364,700
Population, 7-1-94	375,300		Vallejo	114,700					Vallejo	114,800
Percent of California	1.2		Fairfield	87,700					Fairfield	85,600
Population, 1-1-95	377,600		Vacaville	84,600					Vacaville	78,300
			Benicia	27,800					Benicia	26,350
1-1-95			Suisun City	25,650					Suisun City	23,550
Population in households	365,520		Dixon	12,850					Dixon	11,550
Population/household	3.002		Rio Vista	3,740					Rio Vista	3,600
			Unincorporated	20,550					Unincorporated	21,000


EDUCATION				1993-94
				($ mill)
Median years of school, 1990 ****	13.5		Spending on education:
			School districts**	310.8
Enrollment, Fall 1994			Community colleges***	29.2
Kindergarten-12	70,594
			* California Maritime Academy not reported.
Enrollment, Fall 1987			** Not including community college districts.
College/University *			*** Includes governmental, proprietary and fiduciary group funds.
Community colleges	9,498		**** May not be comparable to the 1980 census. The 1990 median was computed on the
			basis of educational attainment. The 1980 median was based on actual years of school
			completed.


LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT			Total employment, 1993	138,075		Number of establishments
			(BEA series)			by employment size, 1990
Civilian labor force, 1994	176,700		Percent of California	0.9
Civilian employment	163,100		Wage and salary	114,856		1-4	3,167
Unemployment	13,600		Proprietors	23,219		5-9	1,276
Unemployment rate	7.7		Farm	864		10-19	726
			Non-Farm	22,355		20-49	508
Nonagricultural wage & salary						50-99	163
employment, 1993 (BLS series)	96,700		Farm	2,108		100-249	91
Percent of California	0.8		Agricultural services	1,587		250-499	15
Construction/mining	6,200		Mining	424		500-999	7
Manufacturing	6,700		Construction	8,261		1000 +	2
Transportation-utility	4,100		Manufacturing	7,912		Total	5,955
Trade	26,900		Transportation-utility	4,858					Check:
Finance-insurance-			Wholesale trade	4,407					0
real estate	3,600		Retail trade	29,014
Services	22,400		Finance, insurance,
Federal government	10,500		real estate	7,550
State-local government	16,300		Services	34,265
			Federal civilian	11,091
			Military	10,427
Totals may not add due to rounding.			State and local	16,171


INCOME AND SALES					1979	1989

Personal income, 1993 ($ mill.)	7,062.4		Median family income, Census		21,606	42,392
Percent of California	1.0		Median household income, Census		19,264	39,113
Per capita income, 1993	19,342
Percent of California	88.3				1993	1994

Avg. earnings per job, 1993	27,460		Total taxable sales, ($ mill.)		2,648.4	2,754.9
Avg. wages per job, 1993	25,881		Percent of California		1.0	1.0
Avg. earnings per nonfarm			Taxable retail sales		1,980.3	2,063.9
proprietor, 1993	21,245


HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION	4-1-90	1-1-95				Valuation
					Units	($ mill.)
Housing stock	119,533	128,447	Housing authorizations, 1994
Percent of California	1.1	1.1	Total		1,501	$216.2
Single family	86,427	94,485	Percent of California		1.6	1.5
Multiple family	27,537	29,329	Single family		1,380	188.9
Mobile homes, trailers, etc.	5,569	4,633	Multi-family		121	9.2
Vacancy rate (percent):	5.1	5.2
			Nonresidential permits		--	$66.6
			Percent of California			0.9

Last Update: 8/30/96

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