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People QuickFacts | Van Wert County | Ohio
Population, 2012 estimate | 28,744 | 11,544,225
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 28,744 | 11,536,502
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | Z | 0.1%
Population, 2010 | 28,744 | 11,536,504
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.4% | 6.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 24.6% | 23.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 16.5% | 14.3%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.2% | 51.2%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 97.3% | 83.6%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.0% | 12.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | Z
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.1% | 1.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 2.6% | 3.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 95.0% | 81.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.4% | 85.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.1% | 3.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.7% | 6.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 90.6% | 87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 13.9% | 24.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,192 | 914,971
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 18.9 | 22.9
Housing units, 2011 | 12,583 | 5,133,446
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 81.6% | 68.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.5% | 22.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $88,800 | $135,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 11,381 | 4,554,007
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.5 | 2.46
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $21,245 | $25,618
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $45,111 | $48,071
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.1% | 14.8%
Business QuickFacts | Van Wert County | Ohio
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 536 | 250,476
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 9,121 | 4,432,849
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 1.3% | 1.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 1,499 | 730,393
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,192 | 897,939
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 5.8%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | S
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.1%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 30.2% | 27.7%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,072,331 | 295,890,890
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 127,049 | 135,575,279
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 242,794 | 138,816,008
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,403 | $12,049
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 25,464 | 17,779,905
Building permits, 2012 | 87 | 16,905
Geography QuickFacts | Van Wert County | Ohio
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 409.16 | 40,860.69
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 70.3 | 282.3
FIPS Code | 161 | 39
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Van Wert, OH 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