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PEOPLE

Population

iPopulation estimates, July 1, 2015, (V2015)

321,418,820

iPopulation estimates, July 1, 2014, (V2014)

318,857,056

iPopulation estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2015)

308,758,105

iPopulation estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2014)

308,758,105

iPopulation, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2015, (V2015)

4.1%

iPopulation, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2014, (V2014)

3.3%

iPopulation, Census, April 1, 2010

308,745,538

Age and Sex

iPersons under 5 years, percent, July 1, 2014, (V2014)

6.2%

iPersons under 5 years, percent, April 1, 2010

6.5%

iPersons under 18 years, percent, July 1, 2014, (V2014)

23.1%

iPersons under 18 years, percent, April 1, 2010

24.0%

iPersons 65 years and over, percent, July 1, 2014, (V2014)

14.5%

iPersons 65 years and over, percent, April 1, 2010

13.0%

iFemale persons, percent, July 1, 2014, (V2014)

50.8%

iFemale persons, percent, April 1, 2010

50.8%

Race and Hispanic Origin

iWhite alone, percent, July 1, 2014, (V2014) (a)

77.4%

iWhite alone, percent, April 1, 2010 (a)

72.4%

iBlack or African American alone, percent, July 1, 2014, (V2014)(a)

13.2%

iBlack or African American alone, percent, April 1, 2010 (a)

12.6%

iAmerican Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, July 1, 2014, (V2014) (a)

1.2%

iAmerican Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, April 1, 2010(a)

0.9%

iAsian alone, percent, July 1, 2014, (V2014) (a)

5.4%

iAsian alone, percent, April 1, 2010 (a)

4.8%

iNative Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, July 1, 2014, (V2014) (a)

0.2%

iNative Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, April 1, 2010 (a)

0.2%

iTwo or More Races, percent, July 1, 2014, (V2014)

2.5%

iTwo or More Races, percent, April 1, 2010

2.9%

iHispanic or Latino, percent, July 1, 2014, (V2014) (b)

17.4%

iHispanic or Latino, percent, April 1, 2010 (b)

16.3%

iWhite alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, July 1, 2014, (V2014)

62.1%

iWhite alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, April 1, 2010

63.7%

Population Characteristics

iVeterans, 2010-2014

20,700,711

iForeign born persons, percent, 2010-2014

13.1%

Housing

iHousing units, July 1, 2014, (V2014)

133,957,180

iHousing units, April 1, 2010

131,704,730

iOwner-occupied housing unit rate, 2010-2014

64.4%

iMedian value of owner-occupied housing units, 2010-2014

$175,700

iMedian selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2010-2014

$1,522

iMedian selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2010-2014

$457

iMedian gross rent, 2010-2014

$920

iBuilding permits, 2014

1,046,363

Families and Living Arrangements

iHouseholds, 2010-2014

116,211,092

iPersons per household, 2010-2014

2.63

iLiving in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2010-2014

85.0%

iLanguage other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2010-2014

20.9%

Education

iHigh school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2010-2014

86.3%

iBachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2010-2014

29.3%

Health

iWith a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2010-2014

8.5%

iPersons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent

 12.0%

Economy

iIn civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2010-2014

63.5%

iIn civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2010-2014

58.7%

iTotal accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1,000) (c)

613,795,732

iTotal health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2007 ($1,000) (c)

1,668,276,808

iTotal manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1,000) (c)

5,319,456,312

iTotal merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1,000) (c)

4,174,286,516

iTotal retail sales, 2007 ($1,000) (c)

3,917,663,456

iTotal retail sales per capita, 2007 (c)

$12,990

Transportation

iMean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2010-2014

25.7

Income and Poverty

iMedian household income (in 2014 dollars), 2010-2014

$53,482

iPer capita income in past 12 months (in 2014 dollars), 2010-2014

$28,555

iPersons in poverty, percent

 14.8%

BUSINESSES

iTotal employer establishments, 2013

7,488,353

iTotal employment, 2013

118,266,253

iTotal annual payroll, 2013

5,621,697,325

iTotal employment, percent change, 2012-2013

2.0%

iTotal nonemployer establishments, 2013

23,005,620

iAll firms, 2007

27,092,908

iMen-owned firms, 2007

13,900,554

iWomen-owned firms, 2007

7,792,115

iMinority-owned firms, 2007

5,759,209

iNonminority-owned firms, 2007

20,100,926

iVeteran-owned firms, 2007

2,447,608

iNonveteran-owned firms, 2007

22,627,611

GEOGRAPHY

iPopulation per square mile, 2010

87.4

iLand area in square miles, 2010

3,531,905.43

iFIPS Code

00

 This geographic level of poverty and health estimates are not comparable to other geographic levels of these estimates

Some estimates presented here come from sample data, and thus have sampling errors that may render some apparent differences between geographies statistically indistinguishable. Click the Quick Info  icon to the left of each row in TABLE view to learn about sampling error.

The vintage year (e.g., V2015) refers to the final year of the series (2010 thru 2015).
Different vintage years of estimates are not comparable.

• (a) Includes persons reporting only one race
• (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories
• (c) Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data

• D Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
• F Fewer than 25 firms
• FN Footnote on this item in place of data
• NA Not available
• S Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
• X Not applicable
• Z Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.