People QuickFacts Yavapai County Arizona Population, 2012 estimate 212,637 6,553,255 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 211,033 6,392,015 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.8% 2.5% Population, 2010 211,033 6,392,017 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 4.7% 6.9% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 18.5% 25.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 25.2% 14.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.0% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 94.1% 84.6% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 4.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.0% 5.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 3.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.3% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.0% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 13.9% 30.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 81.6% 57.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 81.9% 80.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 7.0% 13.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 10.8% 27.1% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 89.8% 85.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 24.2% 26.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 28,589 536,449 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.9 24.7  Housing units, 2011 111,093 2,864,335 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 71.8% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 10.7% 20.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $216,900 $197,400 Households, 2007-2011 90,309 2,344,215 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.30 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,028 $25,784 Median household income, 2007-2011 $44,084 $50,752 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 14.9% 16.2%     Business QuickFacts Yavapai County Arizona Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 5,639 131,849 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 50,830 2,065,224 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 10.3 7.6 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 17,165 395,995  Total number of firms, 2007 23,563 491,529 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.8% 1.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.0% 3.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.9% 10.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.4% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 763,989 57,977,827 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 831,416 57,573,459 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,695,406 86,758,801 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,714 $13,637 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 456,458 13,268,514 Building permits, 2011 302 13,007     Geography QuickFacts Yavapai County Arizona Land area in square miles, 2010 8,123.50 113,594.08 Persons per square mile, 2010 26.0 56.3 FIPS Code 025 04 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Prescott, AZ 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