People QuickFacts Scottsdale Arizona Population, 2011 estimate 221,020 6,482,505 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 217,385 6,392,013 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.7% 1.4% Population, 2010 217,385 6,392,017 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 4.2% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 17.8% 25.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 20.0% 13.8% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.7% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 89.3% 73.0% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.7% 4.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 4.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.3% 2.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.3% 3.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 8.8% 29.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 83.7% 57.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 83.2% 79.8% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 10.7% 14.2% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 13.6% 27.1% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 95.6% 85.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 51.9% 26.3% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 22.7 24.8  Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 71.5% 67.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 30.2% 20.7% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $457,700 $215,000 Households, 2006-2010 100,644 2,326,468 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.16 2.63 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $51,090 $25,680 Median household income 2006-2010 $71,564 $50,448 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 6.9% 15.3%     Business QuickFacts Scottsdale Arizona Total number of firms, 2007 37,104 491,529 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.6% 2.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.4% 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 3.0% 10.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.5% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 4,806,562 57,977,827 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,445,500 57,573,459 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 6,645,363 86,758,801 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $28,447 $13,637 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,314,297 13,268,514     Geography QuickFacts Scottsdale Arizona Land area in square miles, 2010 183.92 113,594.08 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,182.0 56.3 FIPS Code 65000 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