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People QuickFacts | Amherst County | Virginia
Population, 2012 estimate | 32,384 | 8,185,867
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 32,353 | 8,001,031
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.1% | 2.3%
Population, 2010 | 32,353 | 8,001,024
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.1% | 6.2%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 20.6% | 22.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 17.7% | 13.0%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 52.3% | 50.9%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 77.7% | 71.1%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 18.8% | 19.7%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.9% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.6% | 6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 2.1% | 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 2.1% | 8.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 75.9% | 64.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 89.1% | 84.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.7% | 11.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.3% | 14.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 79.9% | 86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 16.2% | 34.4%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,032 | 743,070
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 23.2 | 27.3
Housing units, 2011 | 14,034 | 3,387,654
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 75.9% | 68.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.4% | 21.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $149,200 | $254,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 12,693 | 2,991,025
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.43 | 2.57
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $22,128 | $33,040
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $44,383 | $63,302
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.5% | 10.7%
Business QuickFacts | Amherst County | Virginia
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 591 | 191,063
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 6,632 | 3,029,030
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -1.0% | 1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 1,599 | 521,053
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,673 | 638,643
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.3% | 9.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 7.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 4.5%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 19.4% | 30.1%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 554,193 | 92,417,797
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 161,888 | 60,513,396
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 311,758 | 105,663,299
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,702 | $13,687
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 23,765 | 15,340,483
Building permits, 2012 | 55 | 27,278
Geography QuickFacts | Amherst County | Virginia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 473.93 | 39,490.09
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 68.3 | 202.6
FIPS Code | 9 | 51
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Lynchburg, VA 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