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People QuickFacts | Somerset County | New Jersey
Population, 2013 estimate |  | 8,899,339
Population, 2012 estimate | 327,707 | 8,867,749
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 323,438 | 8,791,909
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 |  | 1.2%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.3% | 0.9%
Population, 2010 | 323,444 | 8,791,894
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.6% | 6.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 24.0% | 22.9%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 13.3% | 14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.2% | 51.2%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 72.7% | 73.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 9.6% | 14.7%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 0.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 15.4% | 9.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.8% | 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 13.5% | 18.5%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 60.8% | 58.2%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 92.2% | 90.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 22.8% | 20.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 29.5% | 29.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 93.1% | 87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 50.6% | 35.4%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 13,942 | 457,724
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 31.5 | 30.3
Housing units, 2012 | 124,285 | 3,574,558
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 78.6% | 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 25.4% | 35.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $407,300 | $337,900
Households, 2008-2012 | 115,132 | 3,186,878
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.78 | 2.7
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $47,985 | $35,928
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $98,571 | $71,637
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 4.5% | 9.9%
Business QuickFacts | Somerset County | New Jersey
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 9,677 | 226,878
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 175,150 | 3,377,848
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 1.3% | 0.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 24,500 | 615,142
Total number of firms, 2007 | 32,225 | 781,622
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.7% | 7.7%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 11.1% | 8.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 6.4% | 8.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.5% | 27.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 6,401,528 | 116,608,094
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 14,634,500 | 233,413,004
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 5,755,996 | 124,813,580
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $17,946 | $14,453
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 656,131 | 19,993,613
Building permits, 2012 | 1,169 | 17,939
Geography QuickFacts | Somerset County | New Jersey
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 301.81 | 7,354.22
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,071.7 | 1,195.5
FIPS Code | 35 | 34
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 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