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People QuickFacts | Hampshire County | Massachusetts
Population, 2012 estimate | 159,795 | 6,646,144
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 158,080 | 6,547,629
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.1% | 1.5%
Population, 2010 | 158,080 | 6,547,629
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 3.7% | 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 16.2% | 21.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 13.0% | 14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 53.1% | 51.6%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 89.6% | 84.1%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 3.0% | 7.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 4.8% | 5.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.3% | 2.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 4.9% | 9.9%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 85.8% | 76.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 83.1% | 86.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.1% | 14.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 10.2% | 21.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 92.3% | 88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 42.0% | 38.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 10,582 | 412,617
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 22.9 | 27.5
Housing units, 2011 | 62,766 | 2,818,940
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 67.2% | 63.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 34.0% | 41.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $263,600 | $343,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 58,921 | 2,522,409
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.27 | 2.49
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $29,113 | $35,051
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $60,331 | $65,981
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.8% | 10.7%
Business QuickFacts | Hampshire County | Massachusetts
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 3,541 | 169,790
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 55,180 | 2,928,545
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 19.9 | -5.1
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 12,472 | 472,534
Total number of firms, 2007 | 15,970 | 596,790
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.9% | 3.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.4% | 4.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 32.7% | 29.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,098,826 | 86,428,959
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,021,848 | 95,275,672
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,546,067 | 88,082,966
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,962 | $13,553
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 225,453 | 14,917,210
Building permits, 2011 | 144 | 7,725
Geography QuickFacts | Hampshire County | Massachusetts
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 527.26 | 7,800.06
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 299.8 | 839.4
FIPS Code | 15 | 25
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Springfield, MA 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