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People QuickFacts | Essex County | Virginia
Population, 2013 estimate | 11,229 | 8,260,405
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 11,151 | 8,001,031
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 0.7% | 3.2%
Population, 2010 | 11,151 | 8,001,024
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 5.5% | 6.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 20.6% | 22.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 19.8% | 13.4%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 52.8% | 50.8%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 57.1% | 70.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 38.5% | 19.7%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.9% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 1.0% | 6.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.2% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 2.3% | 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 3.3% | 8.6%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 55.1% | 63.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 94.6% | 84.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 2.2% | 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 2.8% | 14.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 78.3% | 86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 14.8% | 34.7%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 1,085 | 734,151
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 32 | 27.5
Housing units, 2013 | 5,765 | 3,412,460
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 76.1% | 67.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 8.7% | 21.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $165,700 | $249,700
Households, 2008-2012 | 4,351 | 3,006,219
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.52 | 2.59
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $21,522 | $33,326
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $42,446 | $63,636
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 12.7% | 11.1%
Business QuickFacts | Essex County | Virginia
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 303 | 192,730
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 3,430 | 3,089,241
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 3.7% | 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 727 | 529,636
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,078 | 638,643
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 9.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 7.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.5%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 30.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 56,903 | 92,417,797
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 8,496 | 60,513,396
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 224,598 | 105,663,299
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $20,827 | $13,687
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 19,386 | 15,340,483
Building permits, 2012 | 27 | 27,278
Geography QuickFacts | Essex County | Virginia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 257.12 | 39,490.09
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 43.4 | 202.6
FIPS Code | 57 | 51
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical 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