People QuickFacts	Covington County	Alabama
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	37,955	4,822,023
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	37,765	4,779,745
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	0.5%	0.9%
 	Population, 2010    	37,765	4,779,736
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.9%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	22.4%	23.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	18.6%	14.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.6%	51.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	84.7%	70.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	12.9%	26.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.6%	0.7%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.5%	1.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.3%	1.4%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.4%	4.0%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	83.6%	66.8% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	87.7%	84.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.3%	3.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.4%	5.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	76.6%	81.9%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	12.9%	22.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	3,716	403,982
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	20.4	24.0 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	18,774	2,182,088
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	74.0%	70.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	5.6%	15.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$86,100	$120,800
 	Households, 2007-2011    	14,742	1,831,269
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.53	2.53
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$20,246	$23,483
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$33,544	$42,934
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	21.6%	17.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Covington County	Alabama
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	864	99,251
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	10,480	1,568,111
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-4.0	-5.1
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	2,317	320,605 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,957	382,350
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	14.8%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.8%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.2%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	28.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	561,168	112,858,843
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	338,692	52,252,752
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	424,873	57,344,851
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$11,544	$12,364
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	30,271	6,426,342
 	Building permits, 2011     	17	11,667

   	Geography QuickFacts	Covington County	Alabama
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	1,030.46	50,645.33
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	36.6	94.4
 	FIPS Code    	039	01
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(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