People QuickFacts Escambia County Alabama Population, 2012 estimate 37,994 4,822,023 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 38,319 4,779,745 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.8% 0.9% Population, 2010 38,319 4,779,736 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.2% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.7% 23.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.3% 14.0% Female persons, percent, 2011 48.4% 51.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 62.6% 70.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 32.1% 26.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.4% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 1.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.5% 1.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.0% 4.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 61.0% 66.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 89.8% 84.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.1% 3.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 1.4% 5.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 73.7% 81.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 11.8% 22.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 3,117 403,982 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.6 24.0  Housing units, 2011 16,406 2,182,088 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 72.0% 70.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 8.5% 15.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $84,500 $120,800 Households, 2007-2011 13,860 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 $16,509 $23,483 Median household income, 2007-2011 $31,638 $42,934 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 23.7% 17.6%     Business QuickFacts Escambia County Alabama Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 768 99,251 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 9,371 1,568,111 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -19.8 -5.1 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,104 320,605  Total number of firms, 2007 2,765 382,350 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 9.0% 14.8% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.2% 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 S 1.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 21.3% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 665,336 112,858,843 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 93,125 52,252,752 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 379,587 57,344,851 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,089 $12,364 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 31,909 6,426,342 Building permits, 2011 11 11,667     Geography QuickFacts Escambia County Alabama Land area in square miles, 2010 945.08 50,645.33 Persons per square mile, 2010 40.5 94.4 FIPS Code 053 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