People QuickFacts Durham County North Carolina Population, 2012 estimate 279,641 9,752,073 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 267,587 9,535,471 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 4.5% 2.3% Population, 2010 267,587 9,535,483 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.5% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.7% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.0% 13.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.3% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 53.5% 72.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 38.5% 22.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 1.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.7% 2.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.2% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 13.5% 8.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 42.5% 65.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 76.3% 83.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 14.0% 7.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 19.0% 10.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 86.9% 84.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 44.3% 26.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 15,279 743,377 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.4 23.4  Housing units, 2011 122,012 4,362,740 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 55.4% 67.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 35.4% 17.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $178,400 $152,700 Households, 2007-2011 107,150 3,664,119 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.34 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $27,988 $25,256 Median household income, 2007-2011 $50,078 $46,291 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 17.1% 16.1%     Business QuickFacts Durham County North Carolina Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 6,637 215,113 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 159,417 3,284,592 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 2.2% 1.5% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 19,038 640,686  Total number of firms, 2007 22,104 798,791 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.6% 10.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.3% 1.0% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.1% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.7% 2.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 34.0% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 9,359,581 205,867,299 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,657,298 88,795,885 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,135,341 114,578,173 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,257 $12,641 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 729,319 16,126,939 Building permits, 2012 2,666 48,692     Geography QuickFacts Durham County North Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 285.98 48,617.91 Persons per square mile, 2010 935.7 196.1 FIPS Code 063 37 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 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