People QuickFacts White County Georgia Population, 2012 estimate 27,556 9,919,945 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 27,144 9,687,663 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.5% 2.4% Population, 2010 27,144 9,687,653 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.5% 7.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.3% 25.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 18.4% 11.0% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.3% 51.1%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 95.4% 63.2% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.2% 31.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 3.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.2% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.4% 9.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 93.2% 55.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 89.4% 83.0% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.7% 9.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.2% 12.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 84.3% 84.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 19.6% 27.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,487 702,919 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 28.6 27.0  Housing units, 2011 16,685 4,102,992 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 75.9% 66.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 7.4% 20.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $176,000 $160,200 Households, 2007-2011 12,459 3,490,754 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.12 2.68 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,849 $25,383 Median household income, 2007-2011 $39,666 $49,736 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 17.7% 16.5%     Business QuickFacts White County Georgia Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 597 217,099 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 4,847 3,315,274 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 5.6 -4.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,595 771,155  Total number of firms, 2007 3,143 901,105 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.3% 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 S 30.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 103,902 144,280,774 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 40,427 141,962,359 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 280,664 117,516,907 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $11,284 $12,326 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 51,128 16,976,235 Building permits, 2011 22 18,493     Geography QuickFacts White County Georgia Land area in square miles, 2010 240.69 57,513.49 Persons per square mile, 2010 112.8 168.4 FIPS Code 311 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