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People QuickFacts | Gaston County | North Carolina
Population, 2013 estimate |  | 9,848,060
Population, 2012 estimate | 208,049 | 9,748,364
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 206,086 | 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 | 1.0% | 2.2%
Population, 2010 | 206,086 | 9,535,483
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.3% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 23.5% | 23.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 14.2% | 13.8%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.7% | 51.3%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 80.8% | 71.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 15.7% | 22.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 1.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.3% | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.6% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 6.1% | 8.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 75.4% | 64.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 86.5% | 84.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 4.9% | 7.5%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 7.3% | 10.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 80.7% | 84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 18.0% | 26.8%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 15,538 | 738,926
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 24.6 | 23.5
Housing units, 2012 | 89,389 | 4,375,234
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 68.0% | 67.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 13.3% | 17.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $124,400 | $153,600
Households, 2008-2012 | 79,234 | 3,693,221
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.57 | 2.51
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $22,929 | $25,285
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $43,220 | $46,450
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 17.0% | 16.8%
Business QuickFacts | Gaston County | North Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 3,868 | 215,113
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 58,661 | 3,284,592
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 1.8% | 1.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 12,231 | 656,617
Total number of firms, 2007 | 15,631 | 798,791
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 10.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.2% | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.4% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 4,158,572 | 205,867,299
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,178,440 | 88,795,885
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,245,345 | 114,578,173
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,096 | $12,641
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 253,421 | 16,126,939
Building permits, 2012 | 442 | 48,692
Geography QuickFacts | Gaston County | North Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 356.03 | 48,617.91
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 578.8 | 196.1
FIPS Code | 71 | 37
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | [NAME], NC-SC 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