People QuickFacts	Telfair County	Georgia
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	16,349	9,919,945
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	16,500	9,687,663
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.9%	2.4%
 	Population, 2010    	16,500	9,687,653
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.3%	7.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	19.5%	25.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	13.5%	11.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	42.4%	51.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	61.3%	63.2%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	36.7%	31.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.3%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.7%	3.4%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.0%	1.8%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	12.7%	9.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	50.9%	55.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	95.5%	83.0%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	10.8%	9.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	11.3%	12.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	73.3%	84.0%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	10.2%	27.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	792	702,919
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.1	27.0 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	7,597	4,102,992
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	60.7%	66.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	10.0%	20.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$56,700	$160,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	5,780	3,490,754
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.21	2.68
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$12,959	$25,383
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$23,777	$49,736
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	32.9%	16.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Telfair County	Georgia
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	199	214,635
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	3,017	3,328,033
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	-20.9%	0.4%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	730	771,155 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,139	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    	F	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    	12.6%	30.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	144,280,774
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	30,505	141,962,359
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	77,349	117,516,907
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$5,817	$12,326
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	11,149	16,976,235
 	Building permits, 2012    	1	24,350

   	Geography QuickFacts	Telfair County	Georgia
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	437.30	57,513.49
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	37.7	168.4
 	FIPS Code    	271	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