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People QuickFacts | Wheeler County | Oregon
Population, 2012 estimate | 1,424 | 3,899,353
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 1,441 | 3,831,073
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.2% | 1.8%
Population, 2010 | 1,441 | 3,831,074
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 4.7% | 6.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 17.7% | 22.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 29.9% | 14.3%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.6% | 50.5%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 94.1% | 88.6%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.5% | 1.8%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.6% | 3.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 3.6% | 3.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 4.8% | 12.0%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 90.0% | 78.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 89.2% | 81.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.8% | 9.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 1.9% | 14.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 87.4% | 88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 13.0% | 29.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 163 | 338,527
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24.2 | 22.3
Housing units, 2011 | 895 | 1,684,193
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 73.9% | 63.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 0.3% | 23.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $116,500 | $252,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 601 | 1,509,554
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 1.98 | 2.46
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $23,050 | $26,561
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $34,338 | $49,850
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.6% | 14.8%
Business QuickFacts | Wheeler County | Oregon
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 35 | 106,340
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 157 | 1,341,841
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 13.8% | -0.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 143 | 258,805
Total number of firms, 2007 | 122 | 348,154
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.2%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.2%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.2%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 3.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 29.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 66,880,653
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 51,910,777
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 10,357 | 50,370,919
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $7,419 | $13,494
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 554 | 7,555,764
Building permits, 2012 | 0 | 10,608
Geography QuickFacts | Wheeler County | Oregon
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 1,714.75 | 95,988.01
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 0.8 | 39.9
FIPS Code | 69 | 41
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