People QuickFacts El Dorado County California Population, 2012 estimate 180,561 38,041,430 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 181,058 37,253,956 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.3% 2.1% Population, 2010 181,058 37,253,956 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.0% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.2% 24.6% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.4% 11.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.0% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 90.4% 74.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 6.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.4% 1.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.7% 13.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.5% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.3% 3.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 12.3% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 79.6% 39.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.5% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 8.4% 27.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 12.4% 43.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 93.0% 80.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 30.8% 30.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 17,831 1,997,566 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 29.4 27.0  Housing units, 2011 88,774 13,720,462 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 75.3% 56.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 12.1% 30.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $409,400 $421,600 Households, 2007-2011 68,812 12,433,172 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.60 2.91 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $34,385 $29,634 Median household income, 2007-2011 $68,815 $61,632 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 8.4% 14.4%     Business QuickFacts El Dorado County California Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 4,182 849,316 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 39,870 12,698,427 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -2.8% 1.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 15,094 2,814,409  Total number of firms, 2007 21,265 3,425,510 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 4.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.4% 14.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.5% 16.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 26.9% 30.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 662,228 491,372,092 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 363,644 598,456,486 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,619,711 455,032,270 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $9,216 $12,561 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 301,718 80,852,787 Building permits, 2012 261 58,549     Geography QuickFacts El Dorado County California Land area in square miles, 2010 1,707.88 155,779.22 Persons per square mile, 2010 106.0 239.1 FIPS Code 017 06 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 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