Spreadsheet: 61c88e4a-6274-4265-8e0c-f7a58eada580
Sheet: Sheet1

People QuickFacts | DeSoto County | Florida
Population, 2013 estimate | 34,517 | 19,552,860
Population, 2012 estimate | 34,645 | 19,320,749
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 34,862 | 18,802,690
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -1.0% | 4.0%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.6% | 2.8%
Population, 2010 | 34,862 | 18,801,310
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.3% | 5.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 22.5% | 20.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 19.0% | 18.2%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 43.6% | 51.1%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 83.4% | 78.3%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 13.5% | 16.6%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.1% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.7% | 2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.2% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.1% | 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 30.3% | 23.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 55.3% | 57.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 83.7% | 83.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 17.7% | 19.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 28.2% | 27.3%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 71.5% | 85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 10.8% | 26.2%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 2,839 | 1,606,758
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 24.6 | 25.8
Housing units, 2012 | 14,649 | 9,031,051
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 73.7% | 68.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 9.4% | 30.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $98,400 | $170,800
Households, 2008-2012 | 10,508 | 7,147,013
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.92 | 2.58
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $15,629 | $26,451
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $35,683 | $47,309
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 26.8% | 15.6%
Business QuickFacts | DeSoto County | Florida
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 409 | 490,851
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 4,614 | 6,732,639
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -7.8% | 1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 1,546 | 1,717,627
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,899 | 2,009,589
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 9.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 3.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 22.4%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.0% | 28.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 104,832,907
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 221,641,518
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 280,786 | 262,341,127
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,001 | $14,353
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 24,311 | 41,922,059
Building permits, 2012 | 99 | 64,810
Geography QuickFacts | DeSoto County | Florida
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 637.06 | 53,624.76
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 54.7 | 350.6
FIPS Code | 27 | 12
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Arcadia, FL Micro 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