People QuickFacts Coffee County Georgia Population, 2012 estimate 43,170 9,919,945 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 42,356 9,687,663 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.9% 2.4% Population, 2010 42,356 9,687,653 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.1% 7.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 25.3% 25.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.3% 11.0% Female persons, percent, 2011 48.5% 51.1%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 69.9% 63.2% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 27.7% 31.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 3.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.1% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 10.4% 9.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 60.2% 55.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.4% 83.0% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.9% 9.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 10.3% 12.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 73.6% 84.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 11.8% 27.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,673 702,919 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.9 27.0  Housing units, 2011 17,059 4,102,992 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 69.6% 66.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 7.4% 20.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $79,400 $160,200 Households, 2007-2011 14,714 3,490,754 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.67 2.68 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $16,854 $25,383 Median household income, 2007-2011 $34,327 $49,736 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 23.5% 16.5%     Business QuickFacts Coffee County Georgia Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 835 214,635 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 11,632 3,328,033 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -4.1% 0.4% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,919 771,155  Total number of firms, 2007 3,452 901,105 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 9.8% 20.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 5.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.0% 3.6% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.1% 30.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 144,280,774 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 323,863 141,962,359 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 458,699 117,516,907 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,367 $12,326 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 47,137 16,976,235 Building permits, 2012 13 24,350     Geography QuickFacts Coffee County Georgia Land area in square miles, 2010 575.10 57,513.49 Persons per square mile, 2010 73.7 168.4 FIPS Code 069 13 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Douglas, GA Micro 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