Spreadsheet: badb79eb-33b3-4b01-9f66-b7439c5e7008
Sheet: Sheet1

People QuickFacts | Shelby | North Carolina
Population, 2012 estimate | 20,270 | 9,752,073
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 20,323 | 9,535,471
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.3% | 2.3%
Population, 2010 | 20,323 | 9,535,483
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.5% | 6.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 23.5% | 23.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 17.7% | 12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.7% | 51.3%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 54.7% | 68.5%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 41.3% | 21.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.4% | 1.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.8% | 2.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 1.7% | 2.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 3.1% | 8.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 53.1% | 65.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 80.0% | 83.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.2% | 7.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 5.0% | 10.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 83.5% | 84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 22.8% | 26.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,658 | 743,377
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 19.5 | 23.4
Housing units, 2010 | 9,919 | 4,327,528
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 51.9% | 67.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 26.1% | 17.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $113,400 | $152,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 8,159 | 3,664,119
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.43 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $19,821 | $25,256
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $33,408 | $46,291
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 26.8% | 16.1%
Business QuickFacts | Shelby | North Carolina
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,170 | 798,791
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 12.2% | 10.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.9% | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 22.4% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 611,616 | 205,867,299
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 235,935 | 88,795,885
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 576,008 | 114,578,173
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $27,095 | $12,641
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 66,480 | 16,126,939
Geography QuickFacts | Shelby | North Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 21.08 | 48,617.91
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 964.3 | 196.1
FIPS Code | 61200 | 37
Counties | Cleveland County
(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