People QuickFacts Surprise Arizona Population, 2011 estimate 119,489 6,467,315 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 117,517 6,392,015 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.7% 1.2% Population, 2010 117,517 6,392,017 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.9% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 27.3% 25.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 19.0% 13.8% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.7% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 80.6% 73.0% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 5.1% 4.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.7% 4.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.6% 2.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.2% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.8% 3.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 18.5% 29.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 71.2% 57.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 80.1% 80.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 8.7% 13.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 12.4% 27.1% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 92.1% 85.2% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 27.5% 26.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 12,230 536,449 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 33.5 24.7  Housing units, 2010 52,586 2,844,526 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 77.8% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 8.3% 20.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $219,800 $197,400 Households, 2007-2011 39,719 2,344,215 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.77 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $25,192 $25,784 Median household income, 2007-2011 $60,687 $50,752 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 8.1% 16.2%     Business QuickFacts Surprise Arizona Total number of firms, 2007 7,435 491,529 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.3% 2.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 3.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 10.3% 10.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.6% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 57,977,827 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 20,359 57,573,459 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 888,224 86,758,801 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $9,878 $13,637 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 115,082 13,268,514     Geography QuickFacts Surprise Arizona Land area in square miles, 2010 105.75 113,594.08 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,111.3 56.3 FIPS Code 71510 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