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People QuickFacts | Lenoir County | North Carolina
Population, 2013 estimate |  | 9,848,060
Population, 2012 estimate | 59,227 | 9,748,364
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 59,495 | 9,535,471
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 |  | 3.3%
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.5% | 2.2%
Population, 2010 | 59,495 | 9,535,483
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.1% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 23.6% | 23.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 16.9% | 13.8%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 52.2% | 51.3%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 56.5% | 71.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 40.9% | 22.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.6% | 1.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.6% | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.2% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.1% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 6.8% | 8.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 50.9% | 64.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 85.8% | 84.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 3.5% | 7.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 6.4% | 10.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 77.8% | 84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 14.1% | 26.8%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 4,721 | 738,926
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 22.3 | 23.5
Housing units, 2012 | 27,349 | 4,375,234
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 60.8% | 67.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 15.0% | 17.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $96,100 | $153,600
Households, 2008-2012 | 23,958 | 3,693,221
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.42 | 2.51
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $19,741 | $25,285
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $34,440 | $46,450
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 24.9% | 16.8%
Business QuickFacts | Lenoir County | North Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 1,286 | 215,113
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 20,306 | 3,284,592
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -1.1% | 1.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 3,298 | 656,617
Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,889 | 798,791
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 10.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.7% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,229,080 | 205,867,299
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 88,795,885
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 842,826 | 114,578,173
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $14,876 | $12,641
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 69,668 | 16,126,939
Building permits, 2012 | 37 | 48,692
Geography QuickFacts | Lenoir County | North Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 400.59 | 48,617.91
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 148.5 | 196.1
FIPS Code | 107 | 37
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Kinston, NC Micro 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