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People QuickFacts | Person County | North Carolina
Population, 2013 estimate | 39,276 | 9,848,060
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 39,464 | 9,535,471
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -0.5% | 3.3%
Population, 2010 | 39,464 | 9,535,483
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 5.5% | 6.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 22.3% | 23.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 16.8% | 14.3%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 51.3% | 51.3%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 70.1% | 71.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 27.2% | 22.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.8% | 1.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.5% | 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.4% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 4.2% | 8.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 66.5% | 64.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 89.8% | 84.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 2.7% | 7.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 4.2% | 10.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 82.1% | 84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 14.5% | 26.8%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 2,978 | 738,926
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 31 | 23.5
Housing units, 2013 | 18,079 | 4,394,261
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 72.9% | 67.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 5.3% | 17.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $118,700 | $153,600
Households, 2008-2012 | 15,376 | 3,693,221
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.53 | 2.51
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $21,508 | $25,285
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $43,292 | $46,450
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 16.4% | 16.8%
Business QuickFacts | Person County | North Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 665 | 217,404
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 8,183 | 3,352,151
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | -4.9% | 2.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 2,069 | 669,501
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,627 | 798,791
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 10.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.6% | 2.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 205,867,299
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 193,278 | 88,795,885
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 384,238 | 114,578,173
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $10,302 | $12,641
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 37,380 | 16,126,939
Building permits, 2012 | 51 | 48,692
Geography QuickFacts | Person County | North Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 392.32 | 48,617.91
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 100.6 | 196.1
FIPS Code | 145 | 37
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 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