People QuickFacts Avondale Arizona Population, 2011 estimate 77,518 6,467,315 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 76,238 6,392,015 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.7% 1.2% Population, 2010 76,238 6,392,017 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 9.3% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 32.6% 25.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 5.5% 13.8% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.4% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 58.1% 73.0% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 9.3% 4.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.7% 4.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.5% 2.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 4.5% 3.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 50.3% 29.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 34.0% 57.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 77.2% 80.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 15.6% 13.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 38.6% 27.1% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 77.0% 85.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 20.1% 26.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 5,360 536,449 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 25.6 24.7  Housing units, 2010 27,001 2,844,526 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 63.8% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 16.0% 20.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $164,900 $197,400 Households, 2007-2011 22,019 2,344,215 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.31 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $20,843 $25,784 Median household income, 2007-2011 $59,953 $50,752 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.0% 16.2%     Business QuickFacts Avondale Arizona Total number of firms, 2007 3,954 491,529 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.5% 2.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.5% 3.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 26.4% 10.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 30.8% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 57,977,827 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 73,438 57,573,459 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,601,272 86,758,801 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $20,243 $13,637 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 94,636 13,268,514     Geography QuickFacts Avondale Arizona Land area in square miles, 2010 45.60 113,594.08 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,672.0 56.3 FIPS Code 04720 04 Counties Maricopa County (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