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People QuickFacts | Chatham County | North Carolina
Population, 2012 estimate | 65,976 | 9,752,073
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 63,493 | 9,535,471
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.9% | 2.3%
Population, 2010 | 63,505 | 9,535,483
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.8% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 21.6% | 23.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 18.9% | 13.2%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.8% | 51.3%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 82.4% | 72.1%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 13.5% | 22.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.3% | 1.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.2% | 2.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.5% | 1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 13.2% | 8.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 71.1% | 65.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 89.4% | 83.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.4% | 7.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 13.2% | 10.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 85.0% | 84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 36.5% | 26.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 5,222 | 743,377
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 26.4 | 23.4
Housing units, 2011 | 29,246 | 4,362,740
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 79.7% | 67.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.4% | 17.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $204,100 | $152,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 25,251 | 3,664,119
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.45 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $31,465 | $25,256
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $56,935 | $46,291
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.4% | 16.1%
Business QuickFacts | Chatham County | North Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 1,226 | 215,113
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 12,996 | 3,284,592
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -2.4% | 1.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 5,049 | 640,686
Total number of firms, 2007 | 5,813 | 798,791
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 10.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 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 | 27.1% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,129,694 | 205,867,299
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 128,681 | 88,795,885
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 559,438 | 114,578,173
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,113 | $12,641
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 39,556 | 16,126,939
Building permits, 2012 | 365 | 48,692
Geography QuickFacts | Chatham County | North Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 682.19 | 48,617.91
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 93.1 | 196.1
FIPS Code | 37 | 37
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Durham-Chapel Hill, 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