People QuickFacts Somerton Arizona Population, 2011 estimate 14,528 6,467,315 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 14,287 6,392,015 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.7% 1.2% Population, 2010 14,287 6,392,017 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 10.9% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 38.1% 25.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 6.5% 13.8% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.7% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 64.4% 73.0% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.9% 4.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 4.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 2.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.4% 3.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 95.9% 29.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 2.9% 57.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 92.3% 80.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 39.8% 13.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 86.0% 27.1% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 50.4% 85.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 4.4% 26.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 256 536,449 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.1 24.7  Housing units, 2010 4,052 2,844,526 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 68.5% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 19.1% 20.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $141,300 $197,400 Households, 2007-2011 4,257 2,344,215 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.22 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $11,257 $25,784 Median household income, 2007-2011 $30,290 $50,752 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 26.8% 16.2%     Business QuickFacts Somerton Arizona Total number of firms, 2007 623 491,529 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 2.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 3.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 64.5% 10.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 47.4% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 57,977,827 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 57,573,459 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 49,444 86,758,801 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $4,472 $13,637 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,699 13,268,514     Geography QuickFacts Somerton Arizona Land area in square miles, 2010 7.29 113,594.08 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,959.8 56.3 FIPS Code 68080 04 Counties Yuma 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