People QuickFacts Forsyth County North Carolina Population, 2012 estimate 358,137 9,752,073 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 350,670 9,535,471 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.1% 2.3% Population, 2010 350,670 9,535,483 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.8% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.2% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.2% 13.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.5% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 68.1% 72.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 27.1% 22.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 1.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.0% 2.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.9% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 12.2% 8.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 58.6% 65.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 85.5% 83.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 9.0% 7.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 13.6% 10.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.3% 84.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 31.3% 26.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 25,247 743,377 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.4 23.4  Housing units, 2011 157,710 4,362,740 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 65.9% 67.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 25.4% 17.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $150,800 $152,700 Households, 2007-2011 137,682 3,664,119 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.45 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,424 $25,256 Median household income, 2007-2011 $46,417 $46,291 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 16.3% 16.1%     Business QuickFacts Forsyth County North Carolina Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 8,312 218,104 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 156,137 3,234,595 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -10.5 -4.5 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 22,412 640,686  Total number of firms, 2007 29,162 798,791 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 13.0% 10.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.0% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.0% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.0% 2.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 26.3% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 16,881,466 205,867,299 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 4,542,005 88,795,885 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 5,202,887 114,578,173 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $14,953 $12,641 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 646,828 16,126,939 Building permits, 2011 1,288 32,804     Geography QuickFacts Forsyth County North Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 408.15 48,617.91 Persons per square mile, 2010 859.2 196.1 FIPS Code 067 37 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Winston-Salem, 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