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People QuickFacts | Merced County | California
Population, 2012 estimate | 262,305 | 38,041,430
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 255,793 | 37,253,956
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.5% | 2.1%
Population, 2010 | 255,793 | 37,253,956
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 8.3% | 6.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 30.7% | 24.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 9.9% | 12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 49.5% | 50.3%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 81.9% | 73.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 4.3% | 6.6%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 2.5% | 1.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 8.1% | 13.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 0.5%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 2.9% | 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 56.1% | 38.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 30.7% | 39.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 82.1% | 84.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 25.0% | 27.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 51.8% | 43.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 66.7% | 80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 12.3% | 30.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 11,730 | 1,997,566
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25.7 | 27
Housing units, 2011 | 83,573 | 13,720,462
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 55.2% | 56.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.1% | 30.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $197,700 | $421,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 74,079 | 12,433,172
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 3.37 | 2.91
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $18,304 | $29,634
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $43,945 | $61,632
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 23.0% | 14.4%
Business QuickFacts | Merced County | California
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 2,830 | 849,316
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 39,914 | 12,698,427
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 2.8% | 1.3%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 10,675 | 2,887,014
Total number of firms, 2007 | 12,639 | 3,425,510
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.6% | 4.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 9.1% | 14.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.3%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.8% | 16.5%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 30.2% | 30.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 3,954,248 | 491,372,092
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 598,456,486
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,001,290 | 455,032,270
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,233 | $12,561
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 219,430 | 80,852,787
Building permits, 2012 | 137 | 58,549
Geography QuickFacts | Merced County | California
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 1,934.97 | 155,779.22
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 132.2 | 239.1
FIPS Code | 47 | 6
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Merced, CA 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