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People QuickFacts | Kent County | Delaware
Population, 2012 estimate | 167,626 | 917,092
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 162,310 | 897,934
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.3% | 2.1%
Population, 2010 | 162,310 | 897,934
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.7% | 6.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 24.5% | 22.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 13.9% | 14.7%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.8% | 51.5%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 69.2% | 71.7%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 24.6% | 21.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.7% | 0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.2% | 3.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 3.1% | 2.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 6.0% | 8.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 64.9% | 65.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.0% | 85.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.9% | 8.3%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 8.8% | 12.3%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 84.9% | 87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 20.0% | 28.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 17,197 | 77,593
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25.1 | 24.6
Housing units, 2011 | 66,241 | 409,757
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 72.4% | 73.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.0% | 17.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $208,300 | $244,100
Households, 2007-2011 | 57,629 | 332,837
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.7 | 2.6
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $24,374 | $29,659
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $54,783 | $59,317
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.4% | 11.2%
Business QuickFacts | Kent County | Delaware
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 3,200 | 24,290
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 46,405 | 359,007
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 4.5 | -4.8
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 8,597 | 53,854
Total number of firms, 2007 | 11,242 | 74,573
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 10.4% | 8.7%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.8% | S
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.8% | 4.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.5% | 2.1%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.2% | 26.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 2,361,835 | 25,679,939
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 5,727,401
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,589,237 | 14,202,083
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $17,024 | $16,421
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 447,861 | 1,910,770
Building permits, 2011 | 680 | 2,954
Geography QuickFacts | Kent County | Delaware
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 586.18 | [NAME]
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 276.9 | 460.8
FIPS Code | 1 | 10
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Dover, DE 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