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People QuickFacts | Walker County | Georgia
Population, 2012 estimate | 68,094 | 9,919,945
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 68,756 | 9,687,663
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.0% | 2.4%
Population, 2010 | 68,756 | 9,687,653
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.8% | 7.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.0% | 25.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 15.5% | 11.0%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.9% | 51.1%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 93.2% | 63.2%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 4.6% | 31.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.5% | 3.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.4% | 1.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 1.7% | 9.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 91.6% | 55.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 83.1% | 83.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.5% | 9.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 2.7% | 12.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 77.2% | 84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 13.6% | 27.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 6,321 | 702,919
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 26 | 27
Housing units, 2011 | 30,232 | 4,102,992
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 73.8% | 66.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.5% | 20.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $109,300 | $160,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 26,256 | 3,490,754
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.56 | 2.68
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $20,459 | $25,383
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $39,578 | $49,736
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.0% | 16.5%
Business QuickFacts | Walker County | Georgia
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 715 | 217,099
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 10,079 | 3,315,274
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -39.3 | -4.8
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 4,220 | 771,155
Total number of firms, 2007 | 5,297 | 901,105
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 20.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 5.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.5% | 3.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 21.7% | 30.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 2,060,559 | 144,280,774
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 141,962,359
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 344,223 | 117,516,907
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $5,332 | $12,326
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 25,369 | 16,976,235
Building permits, 2011 | 86 | 18,493
Geography QuickFacts | Walker County | Georgia
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 446.38 | 57,513.49
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 154 | 168.4
FIPS Code | 295 | 13
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Chattanooga, TN-GA 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