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People QuickFacts | Mercer County | New Jersey
Population, 2013 estimate | 370,414 | 8,899,339
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 367,511 | 8,791,909
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 0.8% | 1.2%
Population, 2010 | 366,513 | 8,791,894
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 5.8% | 6.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 22.0% | 22.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 13.5% | 14.4%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 51.0% | 51.2%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 66.0% | 73.4%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 21.1% | 14.7%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.6% | 0.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 10.0% | 9.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.2% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 2.1% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 16.2% | 18.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 52.6% | 57.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 86.9% | 90.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 20.3% | 20.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 27.5% | 29.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 87.2% | 87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 38.2% | 35.4%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 18,975 | 457,724
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 27 | 30.3
Housing units, 2013 | 144,222 | 3,578,141
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 66.5% | 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 30.4% | 35.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $293,100 | $337,900
Households, 2008-2012 | 130,292 | 3,186,878
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.66 | 2.7
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $37,246 | $35,928
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $73,759 | $71,637
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 10.8% | 9.9%
Business QuickFacts | Mercer County | New Jersey
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 9,578 | 228,289
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 181,777 | 3,440,470
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 2.5% | 1.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 22,661 | 620,282
Total number of firms, 2007 | 30,067 | 781,622
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.6% | 7.7%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 10.0% | 8.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.8% | 8.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 29.9% | 27.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 116,608,094
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 8,420,998 | 233,413,004
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 5,089,133 | 124,813,580
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $14,004 | $14,453
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 695,848 | 19,993,613
Building permits, 2012 | 444 | 17,939
Geography QuickFacts | Mercer County | New Jersey
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 224.56 | 7,354.22
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,632.2 | 1,195.5
FIPS Code | 21 | 34
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Trenton, NJ Metro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts