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People QuickFacts | Wake County | North Carolina
Population, 2012 estimate | 952,151 | 9,752,073
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 900,993 | 9,535,471
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 5.7% | 2.3%
Population, 2010 | 900,993 | 9,535,483
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.8% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 25.5% | 23.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 9.2% | 13.8%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.3% | 51.3%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 69.6% | 71.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 21.4% | 22.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.8% | 1.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 5.8% | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 2.3% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 10.0% | 8.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 61.6% | 64.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 82.1% | 83.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.8% | 7.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 16.3% | 10.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 91.8% | 84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 47.9% | 26.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 55,524 | 743,377
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 23.6 | 23.4
Housing units, 2011 | 377,264 | 4,362,740
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 66.6% | 67.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 26.6% | 17.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $227,600 | $152,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 334,302 | 3,664,119
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.57 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $33,161 | $25,256
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $65,289 | $46,291
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.1% | 16.1%
Business QuickFacts | Wake County | North Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 24,943 | 215,113
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 373,012 | 3,284,592
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 2.0% | 1.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 71,024 | 656,617
Total number of firms, 2007 | 82,932 | 798,791
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 12.0% | 10.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.4% | 1.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.8% | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.8% | 2.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.6% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 14,091,675 | 205,867,299
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 11,334,335 | 88,795,885
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 12,598,141 | 114,578,173
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,147 | $12,641
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,726,633 | 16,126,939
Building permits, 2012 | 11,918 | 48,692
Geography QuickFacts | Wake County | North Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 835.22 | 48,617.91
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,078.8 | 196.1
FIPS Code | 183 | 37
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Raleigh-Cary, NC 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