State & County QuickFacts

Washington County, Florida

 People QuickFacts

Washington

County Florida

Population, 2010 24,896 18,801,310

Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 18.7% 17.6%

Population, 2000 20,973 15,982,378

Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.8% 5.7%

Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 21.2% 21.3%

Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 15.4% 17.3%

Female persons, percent, 2010 45.5% 51.1%

White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 80.4% 75.0%

Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 15.0% 16.0%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.3% 0.4%

Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 2.4%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.1% 2.5%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 2.9% 22.5%

White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 78.5% 57.9%

Living in same house 1 year & over, 2005-2009 85.4% 82.5%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2005-2009 2.8% 18.7%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2005-2009 5.4% 25.8%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 76.6% 84.9%

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2005-2009 12.0% 25.6%

Veterans, 2005-2009 2,669 1,685,421

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2005-2009 30.6 25.8

Housing units, 2010 10,796 8,989,580

Homeownership rate, 2005-2009 76.6% 69.7%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2005-2009 4.7% 30.0%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2005-2009 $103,100 $211,300

Households, 2005-2009 8,300 7,076,539

Persons per household, 2005-2009 2.62 2.52

Per capita money income in past 12 months (2009 dollars) 2005-2009 $17,850 $26,503

Median household income, 2009 $36,519 $44,755

Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009 21.0% 15.0%

 Business QuickFacts

Washington

County Florida

Private nonfarm establishments, 2009 372 491,2491

Private nonfarm employment, 2009 3,460 6,861,6121

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2009 -16.3% 10.4%1

Nonemployer establishments, 2009 1,358 1,603,533

Total number of firms, 2007 1,273 2,009,589

Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 9.0%

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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5%

Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 3.2%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1%

Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 22.4%

Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 40.1% 28.9%

Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 104,832,907

Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 221,641,518

Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 177,286 262,341,127

Retail sales per capita, 2007 $7,747 $14,353

Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 18,080 41,922,059

Building permits, 2010 23 38,679

Federal spending, 2009 266,016 180,887,4311

 Geography QuickFacts

Washington

County Florida

Land area in square miles, 2010 582.80 53,624.76

Persons per square mile, 2010 42.7 350.6

FIPS Code 133 12

Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None 

1: Includes data not distributed by county.

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.

(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information

F: Fewer than 100 firms

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data

NA: Not available

S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards

X: Not applicable

Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, American Community Survey,

Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County

Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal

Funds Report

Last Revised: Thursday, 27-Oct-2011 16:46:28 EDT

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