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People QuickFacts | Mercer County | Pennsylvania
Population, 2013 estimate |  | 12,773,801
Population, 2012 estimate | 115,655 | 12,764,475
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 116,638 | 12,702,379
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 |  | 0.6%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.8% | 0.5%
Population, 2010 | 116,638 | 12,702,379
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.0% | 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 21.0% | 21.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 19.1% | 16.0%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.0% | 51.2%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 91.8% | 83.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 5.8% | 11.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.2% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.7% | 3.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.5% | 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 1.2% | 6.1%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 90.9% | 78.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 88.4% | 87.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 1.4% | 5.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 4.9% | 10.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 88.1% | 88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 20.0% | 27.0%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 10,987 | 981,865
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 20.8 | 25.8
Housing units, 2012 | 51,666 | 5,572,466
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 74.5% | 70.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 15.0% | 20.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $103,700 | $164,900
Households, 2008-2012 | 46,389 | 4,959,633
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.36 | 2.47
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $22,395 | $28,190
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $43,589 | $52,267
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 13.2% | 13.1%
Business QuickFacts | Mercer County | Pennsylvania
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 2,779 | 295,720
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 44,066 | 5,078,111
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 1.7% | 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 6,330 | 772,193
Total number of firms, 2007 | 9,694 | 981,501
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.6%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.5% | 2.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.6% | 27.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 3,463,612 | 234,840,418
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 142,859,202
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,441,622 | 166,842,778
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $12,308 | $13,323
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 166,752 | 19,625,449
Building permits, 2012 | 79 | 18,796
Geography QuickFacts | Mercer County | Pennsylvania
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 672.58 | 44,742.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 173.4 | 283.9
FIPS Code | 85 | 42
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 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