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People QuickFacts | Sierra County | California
Population, 2013 estimate |  | 38,332,521
Population, 2012 estimate | 3,086 | 37,999,878
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 3,240 | 37,253,959
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 |  | 2.9%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -4.8% | 2.0%
Population, 2010 | 3,240 | 37,253,956
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 4.0% | 6.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 16.1% | 24.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 23.7% | 12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 49.8% | 50.3%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 94.8% | 73.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 6.6%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.7% | 1.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 13.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 0.5%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 2.5% | 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 8.7% | 38.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 87.0% | 39.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 92.7% | 84.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 6.0% | 27.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 8.5% | 43.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 90.2% | 81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 16.7% | 30.5%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 465 | 1,952,910
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 27.8 | 27.1
Housing units, 2012 | 2,327 | 13,707,386
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 76.1% | 56.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 3.4% | 30.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $265,600 | $383,900
Households, 2008-2012 | 1,338 | 12,466,331
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.32 | 2.93
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $24,121 | $29,551
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $42,500 | $61,400
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 16.8% | 15.3%
Business QuickFacts | Sierra County | California
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 68 | 849,316
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 255 | 12,698,427
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -18.5% | 1.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 240 | 2,887,014
Total number of firms, 2007 | S | 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 | S | 14.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.3%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 16.5%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 30.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 491,372,092
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 598,456,486
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 455,032,270
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | D | $12,561
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 80,852,787
Building permits, 2012 | 3 | 58,549
Geography QuickFacts | Sierra County | California
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 953.21 | 155,779.22
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 3.4 | 239.1
FIPS Code | 91 | 6
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical 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