People QuickFacts Toombs County Georgia Population, 2012 estimate 27,315 9,919,945 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 27,223 9,687,663 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.3% 2.4% Population, 2010 27,223 9,687,653 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 8.1% 7.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 27.7% 25.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 14.2% 11.0% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.7% 51.1%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 71.4% 63.2% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 25.7% 31.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 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) 11.3% 9.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 61.5% 55.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 91.6% 83.0% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.0% 9.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 10.2% 12.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 81.3% 84.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 14.0% 27.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,114 702,919 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.2 27.0  Housing units, 2011 12,157 4,102,992 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 61.5% 66.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 13.9% 20.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $92,200 $160,200 Households, 2007-2011 10,133 3,490,754 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.64 2.68 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,466 $25,383 Median household income, 2007-2011 $32,462 $49,736 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 24.7% 16.5%     Business QuickFacts Toombs County Georgia Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 710 217,099 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 9,324 3,315,274 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -9.5 -4.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,047 771,155  Total number of firms, 2007 2,972 901,105 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 10.9% 20.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 10.2% 5.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.6% 3.6% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 33.2% 30.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 144,280,774 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 665,035 141,962,359 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 386,338 117,516,907 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,914 $12,326 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 42,329 16,976,235 Building permits, 2011 75 18,493     Geography QuickFacts Toombs County Georgia Land area in square miles, 2010 364.01 57,513.49 Persons per square mile, 2010 74.8 168.4 FIPS Code 279 13 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Vidalia, 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