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People QuickFacts | Mesa County | Colorado
Population, 2012 estimate | 147,848 | 5,187,582
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 146,723 | 5,029,196
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.8% | 3.1%
Population, 2010 | 146,723 | 5,029,196
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.8% | 6.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.4% | 24.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 15.2% | 11.3%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.3% | 49.8%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 94.5% | 88.3%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.9% | 4.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.5% | 1.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.9% | 2.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.1% | 2.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 13.6% | 20.9%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 82.7% | 69.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 79.6% | 80.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.0% | 9.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 9.0% | 16.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.8% | 89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 26.1% | 36.3%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 14,503 | 405,303
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21 | 24.3
Housing units, 2011 | 63,202 | 2,224,603
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 71.9% | 66.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.4% | 25.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $222,800 | $236,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 58,288 | 1,941,193
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.42 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $27,680 | $30,816
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $52,986 | $57,685
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.7% | 12.5%
Business QuickFacts | Mesa County | Colorado
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 4,529 | 150,889
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 49,509 | 1,972,271
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 0.1% | 0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 11,156 | 426,417
Total number of firms, 2007 | 16,079 | 547,770
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.7%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.9% | 0.8%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.0% | 6.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.7% | 29.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 539,590 | 46,331,953
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,179,281 | 53,598,986
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,389,507 | 65,896,788
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $17,279 | $13,609
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 268,843 | 11,440,395
Building permits, 2012 | 355 | 23,301
Geography QuickFacts | Mesa County | Colorado
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 3,328.97 | 103,641.89
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 44.1 | 48.5
FIPS Code | 77 | 8
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Grand Junction, CO 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