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People QuickFacts | Shelton | Connecticut
Population, 2012 estimate | 40,261 | 3,590,347
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 39,559 | 3,574,097
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.8% | 0.5%
Population, 2010 | 39,559 | 3,574,097
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 4.7% | 5.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 21.1% | 22.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 17.4% | 14.2%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.5% | 51.3%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 90.8% | 77.6%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 2.4% | 10.1%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.9% | 3.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 1.4% | 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 5.9% | 13.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 86.8% | 71.2%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 92.1% | 88.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.9% | 13.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 18.2% | 20.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 91.4% | 88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 34.4% | 35.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,016 | 235,132
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25.3 | 24.7
Housing units, 2010 | 16,146 | 1,487,891
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 82.5% | 68.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.2% | 34.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $375,900 | $293,100
Households, 2007-2011 | 14,912 | 1,360,115
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.6 | 2.53
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $40,441 | $37,627
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $83,128 | $69,243
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.1% | 9.5%
Business QuickFacts | Shelton | Connecticut
Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,303 | 332,150
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.3% | 3.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.4% | 4.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.9% | 28.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,195,729 | 58,404,898
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 977,284 | 107,917,037
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 648,492 | 52,165,480
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $16,329 | $14,953
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 99,243 | 9,138,437
Geography QuickFacts | Shelton | Connecticut
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 30.63 | 4,842.36
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,291.7 | 738.1
FIPS Code | 68100 | 9
Counties | Fairfield 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