People QuickFacts Yuma County Arizona Population, 2012 estimate 200,022 6,553,255 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 195,750 6,392,015 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.2% 2.5% Population, 2010 195,751 6,392,017 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.6% 6.9% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 27.6% 25.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.9% 14.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.4% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 91.6% 84.6% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.6% 4.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.2% 5.2% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.5% 3.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.3% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.9% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 60.1% 30.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 34.6% 57.4%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 81.5% 80.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 24.5% 13.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 50.7% 27.1% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 71.9% 85.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 13.9% 26.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 16,670 536,449 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.1 24.7  Housing units, 2011 88,146 2,864,335 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 70.4% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 11.9% 20.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $138,600 $197,400 Households, 2007-2011 69,993 2,344,215 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.67 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,778 $25,784 Median household income, 2007-2011 $41,441 $50,752 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 20.8% 16.2%     Business QuickFacts Yuma County Arizona Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 2,946 131,849 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 40,626 2,065,224 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 30.1 7.6 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 8,134 395,995  Total number of firms, 2007 10,158 491,529 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.4% 1.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.1% 3.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 33.9% 10.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.8% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 891,604 57,977,827 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 57,573,459 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,004,643 86,758,801 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,596 $13,637 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 271,852 13,268,514 Building permits, 2011 360 13,007     Geography QuickFacts Yuma County Arizona Land area in square miles, 2010 5,513.99 113,594.08 Persons per square mile, 2010 35.5 56.3 FIPS Code 027 04 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Yuma, 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