People QuickFacts	Banks County	Georgia
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	18,316	9,919,945
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	18,395	9,687,663
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.4%	2.4%
 	Population, 2010    	18,395	9,687,653
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.9%	7.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	24.8%	25.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	13.0%	11.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	49.4%	51.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	94.1%	63.2%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	3.1%	31.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.5%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.0%	3.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.2%	1.8%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	6.1%	9.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	88.6%	55.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	92.2%	83.0%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.1%	9.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	4.7%	12.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	75.2%	84.0%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	11.1%	27.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,390	702,919
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	27.6	27.0 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	7,702	4,102,992
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	78.5%	66.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	3.3%	20.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$149,300	$160,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	6,583	3,490,754
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.75	2.68
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$20,149	$25,383
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$41,397	$49,736
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	17.0%	16.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Banks County	Georgia
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	278	214,635
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	3,347	3,328,033
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	2.4%	0.4%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,257	771,155 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	S	901,105
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	20.4%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.7%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	5.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	3.6%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	30.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	144,280,774
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	23,263	141,962,359
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	233,863	117,516,907
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$14,223	$12,326
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	44,269	16,976,235
 	Building permits, 2012    	16	24,350

   	Geography QuickFacts	Banks County	Georgia
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	232.09	57,513.49
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	79.3	168.4
 	FIPS Code    	011	13
 	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