People QuickFacts Dixie County Florida Population, 2012 estimate 16,126 19,317,568 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 16,422 18,802,690 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.8% 2.7% Population, 2010 16,422 18,801,310 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.5% 5.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 19.2% 21.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 20.5% 17.6% Female persons, percent, 2011 46.3% 51.1%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 89.2% 78.5% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 8.6% 16.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 2.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.4% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 3.4% 22.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 86.1% 57.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 89.5% 83.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.9% 19.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 3.7% 27.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 75.8% 85.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 8.9% 26.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,056 1,637,466 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.4 25.7  Housing units, 2011 9,471 9,026,965 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 80.6% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 1.6% 29.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $104,400 $188,600 Households, 2007-2011 5,380 7,140,096 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.95 2.56 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,374 $26,733 Median household income, 2007-2011 $34,243 $47,827 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 16.3% 14.7%     Business QuickFacts Dixie County Florida Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 171 491,150 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 1,267 6,626,558 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -10.1 6.6 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 834 1,686,142  Total number of firms, 2007 919 2,009,589 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 9.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 3.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 22.4% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 28.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 104,832,907 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 221,641,518 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 49,120 262,341,127 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $3,303 $14,353 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,395 41,922,059 Building permits, 2011 17 42,360     Geography QuickFacts Dixie County Florida Land area in square miles, 2010 705.05 53,624.76 Persons per square mile, 2010 23.3 350.6 FIPS Code 029 12 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