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People QuickFacts | Fairfield County | Connecticut
Population, 2012 estimate | 933,835 | 3,590,347
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 916,829 | 3,574,097
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.9% | 0.5%
Population, 2010 | 916,829 | 3,574,097
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.9% | 5.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 24.1% | 22.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 14.0% | 14.8%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.3% | 51.3%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 80.6% | 82.0%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 11.9% | 11.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 5.2% | 4.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.8% | 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 17.8% | 14.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 65.3% | 70.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 89.4% | 88.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 20.1% | 13.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 27.7% | 20.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 88.4% | 88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 44.0% | 35.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 45,204 | 235,132
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 28.2 | 24.7
Housing units, 2011 | 362,739 | 1,494,019
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 70.4% | 68.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 35.4% | 34.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $466,700 | $293,100
Households, 2007-2011 | 332,139 | 1,360,115
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.68 | 2.53
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $48,922 | $37,627
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $82,558 | $69,243
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.3% | 9.5%
Business QuickFacts | Fairfield County | Connecticut
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 26,725 | 88,040
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 398,342 | 1,442,620
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 1.1% | 0.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 85,962 | 259,835
Total number of firms, 2007 | 108,910 | 332,150
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.7% | 4.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.4% | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.3% | 3.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.9% | 4.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.6% | 28.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 20,028,377 | 58,404,898
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 78,881,637 | 107,917,037
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 15,702,222 | 52,165,480
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $17,661 | $14,953
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,861,946 | 9,138,437
Building permits, 2012 | 2,138 | 4,669
Geography QuickFacts | Fairfield County | Connecticut
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 624.89 | 4,842.36
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,467.2 | 738.1
FIPS Code | 1 | 9
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 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