People QuickFacts Sacramento County California Population, 2012 estimate 1,450,121 38,041,430 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 1,418,788 37,253,956 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.2% 2.1% Population, 2010 1,418,788 37,253,956 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.0% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 25.2% 24.6% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.5% 11.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.0% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 65.7% 74.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 10.9% 6.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.6% 1.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 15.0% 13.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.1% 0.5% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 5.7% 3.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 22.0% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 48.1% 39.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 79.7% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 19.6% 27.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 30.5% 43.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 85.2% 80.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 27.7% 30.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 100,809 1,997,566 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 25.8 27.0  Housing units, 2011 556,332 13,720,462 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 58.6% 56.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 26.7% 30.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $285,000 $421,600 Households, 2007-2011 510,976 12,433,172 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.70 2.91 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $27,180 $29,634 Median household income, 2007-2011 $56,553 $61,632 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 14.9% 14.4%     Business QuickFacts Sacramento County California Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 27,140 849,875 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 404,195 12,536,402 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -4.6 -2.7 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 88,029 2,814,409  Total number of firms, 2007 108,950 3,425,510 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.4% 4.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.2% 1.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 14.9% 14.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.3% 0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.5% 16.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 32.1% 30.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 7,282,833 491,372,092 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 15,728,050 598,456,486 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 15,599,967 455,032,270 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,357 $12,561 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,252,889 80,852,787 Building permits, 2011 1,286 45,471     Geography QuickFacts Sacramento County California Land area in square miles, 2010 964.64 155,779.22 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,470.8 239.1 FIPS Code 067 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