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People QuickFacts | Washington County | North Carolina
Population, 2012 estimate | 12,736 | 9,752,073
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 13,221 | 9,535,471
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -3.7% | 2.3%
Population, 2010 | 13,228 | 9,535,483
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.9% | 6.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 22.0% | 23.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 20.0% | 13.8%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 52.9% | 51.3%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 47.9% | 71.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 49.7% | 22.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 1.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.5% | 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 3.9% | 8.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 45.3% | 64.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 91.5% | 83.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.6% | 7.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 1.8% | 10.6%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 78.0% | 84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 11.9% | 26.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,235 | 743,377
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25.4 | 23.4
Housing units, 2011 | 6,498 | 4,362,740
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 73.3% | 67.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.1% | 17.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $94,800 | $152,700
Households, 2007-2011 | 5,028 | 3,664,119
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.59 | 2.5
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $18,395 | $25,256
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $34,219 | $46,291
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 25.2% | 16.1%
Business QuickFacts | Washington County | North Carolina
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 242 | 215,113
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 2,848 | 3,284,592
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -11.3% | 1.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 672 | 656,617
Total number of firms, 2007 | 921 | 798,791
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 22.6% | 10.5%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 2.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 31.5% | 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 727,927 | 205,867,299
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 83,173 | 88,795,885
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 107,746 | 114,578,173
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,370 | $12,641
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 13,538 | 16,126,939
Building permits, 2012 | 10 | 48,692
Geography QuickFacts | Washington County | North Carolina
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 348.14 | 48,617.91
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 38 | 196.1
FIPS Code | 187 | 37
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical 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