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People QuickFacts | Palmdale | California
Population, 2012 estimate | 155,650 | 37,999,878
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 152,750 | 37,253,959
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.9% | 2.0%
Population, 2010 | 152,750 | 37,253,956
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 8.3% | 6.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 33.1% | 25.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 6.6% | 11.4%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.2% | 50.3%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 49.0% | 57.6%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 14.8% | 6.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.9% | 1.0%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 4.3% | 13.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.4%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 5.4% | 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 54.4% | 37.6%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 24.5% | 40.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 84.0% | 84.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 25.1% | 27.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 43.4% | 43.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 73.0% | 81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 14.7% | 30.5%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 7,263 | 1,952,910
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 40.4 | 27.1
Housing units, 2010 | 46,544 | 13,680,081
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 65.7% | 56.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 14.6% | 30.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $187,200 | $383,900
Households, 2008-2012 | 40,702 | 12,466,331
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 3.73 | 2.93
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $18,695 | $29,551
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $54,277 | $61,400
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 19.4% | 15.3%
Business QuickFacts | Palmdale | California
Total number of firms, 2007 | 10,904 | 3,425,510
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 8.5% | 14.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 36.2% | 16.5%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 33.8% | 30.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,277,866 | 491,372,092
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 51,252 | 598,456,486
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,670,400 | 455,032,270
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $12,052 | $12,561
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 181,925 | 80,852,787
Geography QuickFacts | Palmdale | California
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 105.96 | 155,779.22
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,441.6 | 239.1
FIPS Code | 55156 | 6
Counties | Los Angeles County
(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