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People QuickFacts | Boone | North Carolina
Population, 2012 estimate | 17,774 | 9,752,073
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 17,123 | 9,535,471
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.8% | 2.3%
Population, 2010 | 17,122 | 9,535,483
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 1.6% | 6.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 5.1% | 23.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 6.8% | 12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.0% | 51.3%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 92.0% | 68.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.5% | 21.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 1.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.6% | 2.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 1.7% | 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 3.3% | 8.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 89.9% | 65.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 46.0% | 83.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.6% | 7.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 7.0% | 10.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 93.3% | 84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 48.8% | 26.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 388 | 743,377
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 12.4 | 23.4
Housing units, 2010 | 6,253 | 4,327,528
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 24.0% | 67.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 62.8% | 17.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $288,700 | $152,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 6,147 | 3,664,119
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 1.85 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $12,369 | $25,256
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $18,668 | $46,291
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 51.3% | 16.1%
Business QuickFacts | Boone | North Carolina
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,449 | 798,791
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 10.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 17.7% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 106,867 | 205,867,299
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 94,828 | 88,795,885
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 616,811 | 114,578,173
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $44,436 | $12,641
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 85,091 | 16,126,939
Geography QuickFacts | Boone | North Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 6.13 | 48,617.91
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 2,792.7 | 196.1
FIPS Code | 7080 | 37
Counties | Watauga 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