People QuickFacts	Gulf County	Florida
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	15,718	19,317,568
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	15,863	18,802,690
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.9%	2.7%
 	Population, 2010    	15,863	18,801,310
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	4.2%	5.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	15.9%	21.0%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	16.8%	17.6%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	40.2%	51.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	78.6%	78.5%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	18.8%	16.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.3%	2.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.8%	1.8%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	4.5%	22.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	74.4%	57.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	84.7%	83.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.5%	19.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	5.4%	27.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	77.3%	85.5%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	13.3%	26.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,832	1,637,466
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	26.8	25.7 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	9,148	9,026,965
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	74.8%	69.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	11.5%	29.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$150,600	$188,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	5,385	7,140,096
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.50	2.56
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$18,371	$26,733
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$41,291	$47,827
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	17.5%	14.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Gulf County	Florida
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	305	490,851
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	2,029	6,732,639
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	4.0%	1.6%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,083	1,686,142 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,232	2,009,589
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	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    	S	22.4%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	28.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	104,832,907
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	221,641,518
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	76,286	262,341,127
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$4,840	$14,353
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	18,763	41,922,059
 	Building permits, 2012    	47	64,810

   	Geography QuickFacts	Gulf County	Florida
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	564.01	53,624.76
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	28.1	350.6
 	FIPS Code    	045	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