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People QuickFacts | Sterling | Colorado
Population, 2012 estimate | 14,727 | 5,187,582
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 14,777 | 5,029,196
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.3% | 3.1%
Population, 2010 | 14,777 | 5,029,196
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.3% | 6.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 18.2% | 24.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 13.5% | 10.9%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 40.4% | 49.9%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 85.0% | 81.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 5.9% | 4.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.6% | 1.1%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 2.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 1.7% | 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 20.9% | 20.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 70.5% | 70.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 74.5% | 80.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.9% | 9.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 14.2% | 16.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 83.7% | 89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 13.8% | 36.3%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,380 | 405,303
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 14.9 | 24.3
Housing units, 2010 | 5,404 | 2,212,898
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 63.6% | 66.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.2% | 25.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $99,000 | $236,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 5,238 | 1,941,193
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.61 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $20,201 | $30,816
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $37,791 | $57,685
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 20.5% | 12.5%
Business QuickFacts | Sterling | Colorado
Total number of firms, 2007 | 933 | 547,770
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.7%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.8%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.3% | 6.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.5% | 29.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) |  | 46,331,953
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 148,473 | 53,598,986
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 244,533 | 65,896,788
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $19,056 | $13,609
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 22,051 | 11,440,395
Geography QuickFacts | Sterling | Colorado
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 7.61 | 103,641.89
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,941.8 | 48.5
FIPS Code | 73935 | 8
Counties | Logan 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