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People QuickFacts | Sweetwater County | Wyoming
Population, 2012 estimate | 45,267 | 576,412
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 43,806 | 563,626
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.3% | 2.3%
Population, 2010 | 43,806 | 563,626
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 8.2% | 7.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 27.1% | 23.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 8.5% | 12.7%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 47.8% | 49.0%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 94.9% | 93.5%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.2% | 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.3% | 2.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.9% | 0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.6% | 1.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 15.5% | 9.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 80.4% | 85.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 80.9% | 81.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.1% | 3.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 9.2% | 6.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 90.5% | 91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 17.0% | 24.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 4,018 | 52,600
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.8 | 18.6
Housing units, 2011 | 19,258 | 265,528
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 73.3% | 70.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.1% | 15.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $180,300 | $181,900
Households, 2007-2011 | 16,418 | 219,628
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.59 | 2.46
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $31,125 | $28,952
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $72,096 | $56,380
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.3% | 10.1%
Business QuickFacts | Sweetwater County | Wyoming
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 1,339 | 20,329
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 16,739 | 208,385
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 5.3% | 1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 2,187 | 45,614
Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,052 | 61,179
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.2%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.8%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.7% | 0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.8% | 2.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.2% | 25.5%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 8,834,810
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 437,493 | 6,352,890
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 898,189 | 8,957,553
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $22,843 | $17,114
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 150,439 | 1,469,008
Building permits, 2012 | 132 | 2,110
Geography QuickFacts | Sweetwater County | Wyoming
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 10,426.65 | 97,093.14
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 4.2 | 5.8
FIPS Code | 37 | 56
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Rock Springs, WY Micro 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