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People QuickFacts | Grand Junction | Colorado
Population, 2012 estimate | 59,899 | 5,187,582
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 59,095 | 5,029,196
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.4% | 3.1%
Population, 2010 | 58,566 | 5,029,196
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.5% | 6.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 21.2% | 24.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 15.6% | 10.9%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 50.6% | 49.9%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 88.7% | 81.3%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.8% | 4.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.0% | 1.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.1% | 2.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.7% | 3.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 13.9% | 20.7%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 82.0% | 70.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 75.1% | 80.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.0% | 9.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 8.9% | 16.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 90.0% | 89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 30.6% | 36.3%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 5,700 | 405,303
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 17.1 | 24.3
Housing units, 2010 | 26,170 | 2,212,898
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 63.0% | 66.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 23.0% | 25.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $231,200 | $236,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 24,502 | 1,941,193
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.25 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $27,654 | $30,816
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $48,257 | $57,685
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.7% | 12.5%
Business QuickFacts | Grand Junction | Colorado
Total number of firms, 2007 | 7,665 | 547,770
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.7%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.8%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.9% | 6.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 22.7% | 29.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 46,331,953
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 921,451 | 53,598,986
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,002,307 | 65,896,788
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $36,494 | $13,609
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 211,334 | 11,440,395
Geography QuickFacts | Grand Junction | Colorado
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 38.22 | 103,641.89
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,532.4 | 48.5
FIPS Code | 31660 | 8
Counties | Mesa 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