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People QuickFacts | Hampden County | Massachusetts
Population, 2012 estimate | 465,923 | 6,646,144
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 463,490 | 6,547,629
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.5% | 1.5%
Population, 2010 | 463,490 | 6,547,629
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.9% | 5.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 23.0% | 21.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 14.8% | 14.4%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.8% | 51.5%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 84.0% | 83.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 10.5% | 7.9%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.8% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 2.2% | 5.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.2% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 2.4% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 22.0% | 10.1%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 66.6% | 75.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 87.1% | 86.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.6% | 14.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 23.6% | 21.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 83.5% | 88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 23.9% | 38.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 34,380 | 412,617
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 22.5 | 27.5
Housing units, 2011 | 192,197 | 2,818,940
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 63.0% | 63.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 38.8% | 41.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $202,500 | $343,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 177,954 | 2,522,409
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.51 | 2.49
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $25,363 | $35,051
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $48,866 | $65,981
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.6% | 10.7%
Business QuickFacts | Hampden County | Massachusetts
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 9,652 | 169,146
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 163,486 | 2,960,712
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -0.2% | 1.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 23,232 | 479,776
Total number of firms, 2007 | 31,456 | 596,790
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.6% | 3.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.0% | 4.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.8% | 3.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.5% | 29.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 6,001,102 | 86,428,959
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 4,991,824 | 95,275,672
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 5,668,671 | 88,082,966
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $12,119 | $13,553
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 661,740 | 14,917,210
Building permits, 2012 | 330 | 11,111
Geography QuickFacts | Hampden County | Massachusetts
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 617.14 | 7,800.06
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 751 | 839.4
FIPS Code | 13 | 25
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Springfield, MA Metro 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