People QuickFacts	Plumas County	California
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	19,399	38,041,430
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	20,007	37,253,956
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-3.0%	2.1%
 	Population, 2010    	20,007	37,253,956
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	4.6%	6.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	17.7%	24.6%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	21.6%	11.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	49.9%	50.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	91.4%	74.0%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.0%	6.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	3.1%	1.7%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.9%	13.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.5%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	3.5%	3.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	8.5%	38.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	84.5%	39.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	84.9%	84.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	6.2%	27.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	8.5%	43.2%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	90.7%	80.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	21.1%	30.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,658	1,997,566
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	19.0	27.0 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	15,623	13,720,462
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	69.9%	56.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	7.0%	30.8%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$266,100	$421,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	9,434	12,433,172
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.10	2.91
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$28,104	$29,634
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$44,151	$61,632
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	13.5%	14.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Plumas County	California
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	629	849,875
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	3,683	12,536,402
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-19.5	-2.7
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,739	2,814,409 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,277	3,425,510
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	4.0%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	14.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	16.5%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	23.0%	30.3% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	130,591	491,372,092
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	598,456,486
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	175,272	455,032,270
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$8,506	$12,561
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	30,078	80,852,787
 	Building permits, 2011     	42	45,471

   	Geography QuickFacts	Plumas County	California
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	2,553.04	155,779.22
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	7.8	239.1
 	FIPS Code    	063	06
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(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