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People QuickFacts | DeSoto County | Florida
Population, 2012 estimate | 34,712 | 19,317,568
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 34,862 | 18,802,690
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.4% | 2.7%
Population, 2010 | 34,862 | 18,801,310
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.4% | 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 22.4% | 21.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 18.4% | 17.6%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 43.3% | 51.1%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 83.7% | 78.5%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 13.3% | 16.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.1% | 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.7% | 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.0% | 1.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 30.4% | 22.9%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 55.5% | 57.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 81.4% | 83.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 19.3% | 19.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 27.9% | 27.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 68.9% | 85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 11.4% | 26.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,941 | 1,637,466
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24.1 | 25.7
Housing units, 2011 | 14,617 | 9,026,965
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 75.6% | 69.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.4% | 29.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $114,900 | $188,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 10,462 | 7,140,096
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.93 | 2.56
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $16,034 | $26,733
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $36,407 | $47,827
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 26.1% | 14.7%
Business QuickFacts | DeSoto County | Florida
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 450 | 491,150
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 5,002 | 6,626,558
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -3.4 | 6.6
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 1,541 | 1,686,142
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, 2011 | 95 | 42,360
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