People QuickFacts Monterey County California Population, 2012 estimate 426,762 38,041,430 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 415,057 37,253,956 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.8% 2.1% Population, 2010 415,057 37,253,956 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 8.0% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 26.8% 24.6% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.8% 11.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 48.6% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 82.5% 74.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.7% 6.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.7% 1.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 6.9% 13.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 0.5% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.7% 3.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 56.1% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 32.4% 39.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.7% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 30.3% 27.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 52.1% 43.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 70.5% 80.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 23.2% 30.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 22,560 1,997,566 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.0 27.0  Housing units, 2011 138,788 13,720,462 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 51.4% 56.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 26.8% 30.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $497,400 $421,600 Households, 2007-2011 125,217 12,433,172 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.14 2.91 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $25,508 $29,634 Median household income, 2007-2011 $59,737 $61,632 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.1% 14.4%     Business QuickFacts Monterey County California Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 8,216 849,316 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 96,528 12,698,427 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 0.1% 1.3% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 24,369 2,814,409  Total number of firms, 2007 31,711 3,425,510 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.4% 4.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.3% 1.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 7.5% 14.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 21.8% 16.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 32.5% 30.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 2,227,640 491,372,092 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 598,456,486 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 4,541,144 455,032,270 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,293 $12,561 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,197,083 80,852,787 Building permits, 2012 246 58,549     Geography QuickFacts Monterey County California Land area in square miles, 2010 3,280.60 155,779.22 Persons per square mile, 2010 126.5 239.1 FIPS Code 053 06 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Salinas, 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