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People QuickFacts | Santa Cruz County | California
Population, 2013 estimate | 269,419 | 38,332,521
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 262,376 | 37,253,959
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 2.7% | 2.9%
Population, 2010 | 262,382 | 37,253,956
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 5.7% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 20.5% | 23.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 12.8% | 12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.3% | 50.3%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 87.9% | 73.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 1.4% | 6.6%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 1.8% | 1.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 4.8% | 14.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.2% | 0.5%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 4.0% | 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 32.9% | 38.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 58.6% | 39.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 82.9% | 84.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 18.4% | 27.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 30.6% | 43.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 84.9% | 81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 37.5% | 30.5%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 13,088 | 1,952,910
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 25.7 | 27.1
Housing units, 2013 | 104,698 | 13,790,495
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 58.8% | 56.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 20.8% | 30.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $576,500 | $383,900
Households, 2008-2012 | 93,310 | 12,466,331
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.71 | 2.93
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $32,846 | $29,551
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $66,571 | $61,400
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 14.4% | 15.3%
Business QuickFacts | Santa Cruz County | California
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 6,785 | 864,913
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 68,500 | 12,952,818
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 0.2% | 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 23,465 | 2,926,065
Total number of firms, 2007 | 29,122 | 3,425,510
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.8% | 14.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 16.5%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 34.2% | 30.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,502,419 | 491,372,092
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 598,456,486
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,725,362 | 455,032,270
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $14,894 | $12,561
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 513,826 | 80,852,787
Building permits, 2012 | 237 | 58,549
Geography QuickFacts | Santa Cruz County | California
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 445.17 | 155,779.22
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 589.4 | 239.1
FIPS Code | 87 | 6
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, 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