People QuickFacts	Pickens County	Georgia
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	29,268	9,919,945
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	29,426	9,687,663
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.5%	2.4%
 	Population, 2010    	29,431	9,687,653
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.7%	7.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	21.8%	25.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	17.4%	11.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.0%	51.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	96.4%	63.2%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.6%	31.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.4%	3.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.1%	1.8%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	2.9%	9.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	93.9%	55.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	87.9%	83.0%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.8%	9.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	3.5%	12.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	80.4%	84.0%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	21.9%	27.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,764	702,919
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	30.0	27.0 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	13,607	4,102,992
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	79.4%	66.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	7.5%	20.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$169,900	$160,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	11,116	3,490,754
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.62	2.68
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$26,206	$25,383
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$50,582	$49,736
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	11.8%	16.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Pickens County	Georgia
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	652	217,099
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	5,422	3,315,274
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	8.3	-4.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	3,014	771,155 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	4,125	901,105
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	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    	F	3.6%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	26.4%	30.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	104,755	144,280,774
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	112,023	141,962,359
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	320,506	117,516,907
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$10,541	$12,326
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	27,773	16,976,235
 	Building permits, 2011     	41	18,493

   	Geography QuickFacts	Pickens County	Georgia
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	232.06	57,513.49
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	126.8	168.4
 	FIPS Code    	227	13
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 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