People QuickFacts	Jefferson County	Arkansas
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	74,723	2,949,131
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	77,435	2,915,919
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-3.5%	1.1%
 	Population, 2010    	77,435	2,915,918
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.3%	6.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.6%	24.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	13.7%	14.6%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.8%	50.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	42.7%	80.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	54.8%	15.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	0.9%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.9%	1.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.2%	1.8%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.7%	6.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	41.4%	74.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	81.6%	82.4%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.3%	4.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	3.1%	6.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	82.6%	82.7%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	16.9%	19.6%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	6,187	245,969
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	20.9	21.2 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	32,693	1,324,369
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	64.5%	67.5%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	15.1%	15.2%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$78,400	$105,100
 	Households, 2007-2011    	28,062	1,121,386
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.58	2.51
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$19,080	$21,833
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$37,682	$40,149
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	22.9%	18.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Jefferson County	Arkansas
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	1,460	65,158
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	23,682	965,474
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-17.1	-2.6
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	3,758	192,034 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	4,083	238,994
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	28.1%	5.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.1%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.9%	1.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	2.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	25.6%	24.5% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	60,735,582
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	29,659,789
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	867,380	32,974,282
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$10,922	$11,602
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	87,074	3,559,795
 	Building permits, 2011     	67	6,800

   	Geography QuickFacts	Jefferson County	Arkansas
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	870.75	52,035.48
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	88.9	56.0
 	FIPS Code    	069	05
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Pine Bluff, AR 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