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People QuickFacts | Contra Costa County | California
Population, 2013 estimate |  | 38,332,521
Population, 2012 estimate | 1,079,597 | 37,999,878
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 1,049,025 | 37,253,959
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 |  | 2.9%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.9% | 2.0%
Population, 2010 | 1,049,025 | 37,253,956
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.1% | 6.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 24.1% | 24.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 13.3% | 12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.2% | 50.3%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 68.3% | 73.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 9.6% | 6.6%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.0% | 1.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 15.6% | 13.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.6% | 0.5%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 4.9% | 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 24.8% | 38.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 46.8% | 39.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 85.2% | 84.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 23.6% | 27.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 33.1% | 43.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 88.6% | 81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 38.6% | 30.5%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 60,108 | 1,952,910
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 32.8 | 27.1
Housing units, 2012 | 401,376 | 13,707,386
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 66.9% | 56.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 23.6% | 30.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $433,800 | $383,900
Households, 2008-2012 | 373,145 | 12,466,331
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.79 | 2.93
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $38,106 | $29,551
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $78,187 | $61,400
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 10.2% | 15.3%
Business QuickFacts | Contra Costa County | California
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 21,868 | 849,316
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 290,961 | 12,698,427
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -0.8% | 1.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 79,548 | 2,887,014
Total number of firms, 2007 | 95,688 | 3,425,510
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.1% | 4.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 1.4% | 1.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 14.8% | 14.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.3% | 0.3%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 10.9% | 16.5%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 31.2% | 30.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 32,021,431 | 491,372,092
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 6,643,987 | 598,456,486
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 11,763,753 | 455,032,270
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,641 | $12,561
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,562,250 | 80,852,787
Building permits, 2012 | 2,151 | 58,549
Geography QuickFacts | Contra Costa County | California
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 715.94 | 155,779.22
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,465.2 | 239.1
FIPS Code | 13 | 6
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 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