People QuickFacts San Benito County California Population, 2012 estimate 56,884 38,041,430 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 55,269 37,253,956 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.9% 2.1% Population, 2010 55,269 37,253,956 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.2% 6.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 28.4% 24.6% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.0% 11.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.1% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 88.8% 74.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.2% 6.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.1% 1.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.2% 13.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.5% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.3% 3.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 56.9% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 37.8% 39.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.5% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 21.2% 27.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 39.5% 43.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 75.3% 80.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 18.3% 30.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,702 1,997,566 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 28.9 27.0  Housing units, 2011 17,887 13,720,462 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 63.8% 56.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 13.0% 30.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $432,900 $421,600 Households, 2007-2011 16,785 12,433,172 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.23 2.91 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,300 $29,634 Median household income, 2007-2011 $65,570 $61,632 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 11.3% 14.4%     Business QuickFacts San Benito County California Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 912 849,875 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 9,980 12,536,402 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -7.4 -2.7 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 3,204 2,814,409  Total number of firms, 2007 3,652 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 S 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 30.3% 30.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 630,311 491,372,092 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 319,609 598,456,486 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 352,941 455,032,270 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $6,475 $12,561 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 50,184 80,852,787 Building permits, 2011 32 45,471     Geography QuickFacts San Benito County California Land area in square miles, 2010 1,388.71 155,779.22 Persons per square mile, 2010 39.8 239.1 FIPS Code 069 06 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 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