People QuickFacts Chula Vista California Population, 2011 estimate 247,535 37,683,933 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 243,916 37,253,956 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.5% 1.2% Population, 2010 243,916 37,253,956 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.2% 6.8% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 27.9% 25.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 10.0% 11.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.6% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 53.7% 57.6% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 4.6% 6.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 14.4% 13.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.6% 0.4% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 5.8% 4.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 58.2% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 20.4% 40.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.3% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 31.4% 27.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 57.7% 43.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 81.8% 80.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 26.7% 30.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 18,385 1,997,566 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 26.5 27.0  Housing units, 2010 79,416 13,680,081 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 59.5% 56.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 30.1% 30.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $401,000 $421,600 Households, 2007-2011 73,633 12,433,172 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.19 2.91 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $25,419 $29,634 Median household income, 2007-2011 $65,526 $61,632 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 9.7% 14.4%     Business QuickFacts Chula Vista California Total number of firms, 2007 17,538 3,425,510 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.9% 4.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 15.4% 14.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 39.5% 16.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 32.1% 30.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,233,192 491,372,092 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,156,576 598,456,486 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,754,128 455,032,270 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,839 $12,561 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 333,513 80,852,787     Geography QuickFacts Chula Vista California Land area in square miles, 2010 49.63 155,779.22 Persons per square mile, 2010 4,914.6 239.1 FIPS Code 13392 06 Counties San Diego County (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