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People QuickFacts | Atlantic County | New Jersey
Population, 2012 estimate | 275,422 | 8,864,590
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 274,549 | 8,791,898
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.3% | 0.8%
Population, 2010 | 274,549 | 8,791,894
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.0% | 6.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 22.7% | 22.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 15.0% | 14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.5% | 51.2%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 71.5% | 73.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 17.3% | 14.7%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.7% | 0.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 8.0% | 9.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 2.4% | 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 17.7% | 18.5%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 57.6% | 58.2%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.8% | 89.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.5% | 20.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 24.3% | 29.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 84.2% | 87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 23.2% | 35.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 18,190 | 472,716
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 23.7 | 30.1
Housing units, 2011 | 126,782 | 3,562,553
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 70.7% | 66.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 31.5% | 35.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $256,600 | $349,100
Households, 2007-2011 | 101,418 | 3,180,854
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.61 | 2.69
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $27,613 | $35,678
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $55,222 | $71,180
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.5% | 9.4%
Business QuickFacts | Atlantic County | New Jersey
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 6,408 | 226,878
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 111,036 | 3,377,848
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -2.2% | 0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 15,951 | 615,142
Total number of firms, 2007 | 21,027 | 781,622
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.0% | 7.7%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.4% | 8.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 8.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.8% | 27.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 116,608,094
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,342,162 | 233,413,004
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 4,429,395 | 124,813,580
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $16,409 | $14,453
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 6,093,042 | 19,993,613
Building permits, 2012 | 441 | 17,939
Geography QuickFacts | Atlantic County | New Jersey
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 555.7 | 7,354.22
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 494.1 | 1,195.5
FIPS Code | 1 | 34
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Atlantic City-Hammonton, 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