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People QuickFacts | Maricopa County | Arizona
Population, 2012 estimate | 3,942,169 | 6,553,255
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 3,817,117 | 6,392,015
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.3% | 2.5%
Population, 2010 | 3,817,117 | 6,392,017
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 7.2% | 6.9%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 26.0% | 25.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 12.5% | 14.2%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.5% | 50.3%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 85.4% | 84.6%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 5.4% | 4.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.7% | 5.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 3.7% | 3.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.5% | 2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 30.0% | 30.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 58.3% | 57.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 79.5% | 80.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.6% | 13.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 26.5% | 27.1%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 85.8% | 85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 29.1% | 26.4%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 280,092 | 536,449
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25.6 | 24.7
Housing units, 2011 | 1,650,557 | 2,864,335
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 65.2% | 66.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 25.2% | 20.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $219,300 | $197,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 1,394,016 | 2,344,215
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.69 | 2.64
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $27,841 | $25,784
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $55,099 | $50,752
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.9% | 16.2%
Business QuickFacts | Maricopa County | Arizona
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 83,468 | 130,305
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 1,449,079 | 2,108,561
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 2.6% | 2.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 253,663 | 395,995
Total number of firms, 2007 | 311,765 | 491,529
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.4% | 2.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 1.2% | 1.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.9% | 3.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | S
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 9.2% | 10.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.3% | 28.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 40,182,099 | 57,977,827
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 49,760,315 | 57,573,459
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 58,688,328 | 86,758,801
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,153 | $13,637
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 8,408,940 | 13,268,514
Building permits, 2012 | 14,131 | 21,726
Geography QuickFacts | Maricopa County | Arizona
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 9,200.14 | 113,594.08
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 414.9 | 56.3
FIPS Code | 13 | 4
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 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