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People QuickFacts | Northampton County | Pennsylvania
Population, 2012 estimate | 299,267 | 12,763,536
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 297,735 | 12,702,379
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.5% | 0.5%
Population, 2010 | 297,735 | 12,702,379
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.1% | 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 21.1% | 21.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 16.4% | 16.0%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.0% | 51.2%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 89.1% | 83.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 5.9% | 11.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 2.7% | 3.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.9% | 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 11.3% | 6.1%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 79.9% | 78.8%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.9% | 87.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.6% | 5.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 12.4% | 10.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 87.3% | 87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 26.7% | 26.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 23,960 | 1,007,939
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 27.5 | 25.7
Housing units, 2011 | 120,883 | 5,579,275
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 74.8% | 70.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.5% | 20.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $221,800 | $163,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 112,111 | 4,952,566
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.54 | 2.47
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $29,020 | $27,824
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $60,540 | $51,651
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.1% | 12.6%
Business QuickFacts | Northampton County | Pennsylvania
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 6,202 | 295,720
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 91,888 | 5,078,111
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 2.4% | 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 16,861 | 772,193
Total number of firms, 2007 | 21,066 | 981,501
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.2% | 4.6%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.3% | 2.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.3% | 27.0%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 3,923,120 | 234,840,418
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 9,815,918 | 142,859,202
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,405,008 | 166,842,778
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,550 | $13,323
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 384,787 | 19,625,449
Building permits, 2012 | 498 | 18,796
Geography QuickFacts | Northampton County | Pennsylvania
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 369.67 | 44,742.70
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 805.4 | 283.9
FIPS Code | 95 | 42
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 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