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People QuickFacts | Sterling | Illinois
Population, 2013 estimate | 15,152 | 12,882,135
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 15,439 | 12,830,632
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -1.9% | 0.4%
Population, 2010 | 15,370 | 12,830,632
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.2% | 6.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 25.4% | 24.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 16.5% | 12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.5% | 51.0%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 82.5% | 71.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.0% | 14.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.4% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 4.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 4.1% | 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 24.2% | 15.8%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 70.6% | 63.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 88.4% | 86.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 4.0% | 13.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 9.6% | 22.3%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 83.2% | 87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 15.4% | 31.4%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 1,260 | 727,919
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 17.7 | 28
Housing units, 2010 | 6,947 | 5,296,715
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 63.9% | 67.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 25.2% | 32.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $84,700 | $182,300
Households, 2009-2013 | 6,071 | 4,772,723
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.47 | 2.63
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $20,727 | $29,666
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $39,609 | $56,797
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 16.4% | 14.1%
Business QuickFacts | Sterling | Illinois
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,003 | 1,123,817
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 9.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 5.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 30.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 428,617 | 257,760,713
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 177,382 | 231,082,768
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 257,516 | 165,450,520
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $17,059 | $12,947
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 29,653 | 25,469,026
Geography QuickFacts | Sterling | Illinois
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 5.71 | 55,518.93
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 2,692.2 | 231.1
FIPS Code | 72546 | 17
Counties | Whiteside County
(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