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People QuickFacts | Catawba County | North Carolina
Population, 2012 estimate | 154,339 | 9,752,073
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 154,356 | 9,535,471
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | Z | 2.3%
Population, 2010 | 154,358 | 9,535,483
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.1% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.5% | 23.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 14.6% | 13.2%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.0% | 51.3%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 85.4% | 72.1%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 8.8% | 22.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.5% | 1.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 3.6% | 2.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.6% | 1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 8.5% | 8.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 77.8% | 65.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 87.1% | 83.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.0% | 7.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 10.3% | 10.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 81.4% | 84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 19.7% | 26.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 11,760 | 743,377
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.3 | 23.4
Housing units, 2011 | 67,922 | 4,362,740
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 71.4% | 67.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.4% | 17.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $129,000 | $152,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 58,850 | 3,664,119
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.58 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $23,489 | $25,256
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $43,733 | $46,291
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.4% | 16.1%
Business QuickFacts | Catawba County | North Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 4,077 | 215,113
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 76,028 | 3,284,592
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 2.0% | 1.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 10,148 | 640,686
Total number of firms, 2007 | 14,417 | 798,791
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 10.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.5% | 1.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.9% | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.3% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 6,291,105 | 205,867,299
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 4,087,319 | 88,795,885
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,683,077 | 114,578,173
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $17,251 | $12,641
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 272,070 | 16,126,939
Building permits, 2012 | 126 | 48,692
Geography QuickFacts | Catawba County | North Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 398.72 | 48,617.91
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 387.1 | 196.1
FIPS Code | 35 | 37
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 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