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People QuickFacts | Ridgecrest | California
Population, 2012 estimate | 28,325 | 38,041,430
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 27,616 | 37,253,956
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.6% | 2.1%
Population, 2010 | 27,616 | 37,253,956
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 8.2% | 6.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 27.3% | 25.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 12.4% | 11.4%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 49.9% | 50.3%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 77.4% | 57.6%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 4.0% | 6.2%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.2% | 1.0%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 4.4% | 13.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.5% | 0.4%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 5.7% | 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 17.9% | 37.6%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 68.9% | 40.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 79.3% | 84.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.0% | 27.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 12.6% | 43.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.5% | 80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 25.7% | 30.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,979 | 1,997,566
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 14.3 | 27
Housing units, 2010 | 11,915 | 13,680,081
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 62.0% | 56.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 21.1% | 30.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $191,100 | $421,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 10,722 | 12,433,172
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.54 | 2.91
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $28,181 | $29,634
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $59,830 | $61,632
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.6% | 14.4%
Business QuickFacts | Ridgecrest | California
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,974 | 3,425,510
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 14.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 16.5%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 30.6% | 30.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) |  | 491,372,092
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 11,986 | 598,456,486
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 298,174 | 455,032,270
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,779 | $12,561
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 45,541 | 80,852,787
Geography QuickFacts | Ridgecrest | California
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 20.77 | 155,779.22
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,329.9 | 239.1
FIPS Code | 60704 | 6
Counties | Kern 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