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People QuickFacts | Polk County | Oregon
Population, 2012 estimate | 76,353 | 3,899,353
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 75,403 | 3,831,073
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.3% | 1.8%
Population, 2010 | 75,403 | 3,831,074
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.1% | 6.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.7% | 22.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 15.1% | 14.3%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.4% | 50.5%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 91.1% | 88.6%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.7% | 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.5% | 1.8%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.0% | 3.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 3.4% | 3.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 12.4% | 12.0%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 80.2% | 78.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 81.2% | 81.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.4% | 9.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 11.9% | 14.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.8% | 88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 28.2% | 29.0%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 6,794 | 338,527
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24.3 | 22.3
Housing units, 2011 | 30,760 | 1,684,193
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 67.2% | 63.1%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 19.8% | 23.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $231,900 | $252,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 28,111 | 1,509,554
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.58 | 2.46
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $24,794 | $26,561
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $52,865 | $49,850
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.7% | 14.8%
Business QuickFacts | Polk County | Oregon
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 1,326 | 107,397
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 11,012 | 1,351,164
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -13.9 | -0.3
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 4,028 | 258,805
Total number of firms, 2007 | 5,614 | 348,154
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.2%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 1.8% | 1.2%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.2%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.3% | 3.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.8% | 29.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 416,672 | 66,880,653
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 70,305 | 51,910,777
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 375,062 | 50,370,919
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $5,007 | $13,494
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 7,555,764
Building permits, 2011 | 59 | 7,663
Geography QuickFacts | Polk County | Oregon
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 740.79 | 95,988.01
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 101.8 | 39.9
FIPS Code | 53 | 41
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Salem, OR 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