People QuickFacts Leon County Florida Population, 2012 estimate 283,769 19,317,568 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 275,487 18,802,690 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 3.0% 2.7% Population, 2010 275,487 18,801,310 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.3% 5.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 18.9% 21.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 9.8% 17.6% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.5% 51.1%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 63.7% 78.5% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 30.8% 16.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.0% 2.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.0% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 5.9% 22.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 58.8% 57.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 72.3% 83.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.7% 19.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 9.4% 27.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 91.2% 85.5% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 43.1% 26.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 18,421 1,637,466 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.8 25.7  Housing units, 2011 124,701 9,026,965 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 55.0% 69.0% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 31.3% 29.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $195,300 $188,600 Households, 2007-2011 109,508 7,140,096 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.36 2.56 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,332 $26,733 Median household income, 2007-2011 $45,827 $47,827 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 22.3% 14.7%     Business QuickFacts Leon County Florida Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 7,366 491,150 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 89,906 6,626,558 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -0.2 6.6 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 18,504 1,686,142  Total number of firms, 2007 24,022 2,009,589 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 15.0% 9.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.1% 3.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.1% 22.4% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.8% 28.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 593,440 104,832,907 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 791,172 221,641,518 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,533,827 262,341,127 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,451 $14,353 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 551,621 41,922,059 Building permits, 2011 883 42,360     Geography QuickFacts Leon County Florida Land area in square miles, 2010 666.85 53,624.76 Persons per square mile, 2010 413.1 350.6 FIPS Code 073 12 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Tallahassee, FL 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