People QuickFacts Guilford County North Carolina Population, 2012 estimate 500,879 9,752,073 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 488,406 9,535,471 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.6% 2.3% Population, 2010 488,406 9,535,483 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.2% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.2% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 12.5% 13.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.4% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 59.9% 72.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 33.1% 22.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 1.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.1% 2.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.0% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 7.3% 8.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 54.0% 65.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.2% 83.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 9.1% 7.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 11.9% 10.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.1% 84.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 32.8% 26.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 33,758 743,377 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.8 23.4  Housing units, 2011 219,682 4,362,740 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 62.9% 67.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 27.4% 17.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $156,200 $152,700 Households, 2007-2011 192,064 3,664,119 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.44 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,644 $25,256 Median household income, 2007-2011 $46,288 $46,291 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 16.2% 16.1%     Business QuickFacts Guilford County North Carolina Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 13,266 218,104 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 236,853 3,234,595 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -11.0 -4.5 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 35,029 640,686  Total number of firms, 2007 45,272 798,791 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 16.7% 10.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.9% 1.0% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.2% 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 29.2% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 23,940,364 205,867,299 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 11,295,364 88,795,885 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,252,646 114,578,173 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,600 $12,641 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,044,546 16,126,939 Building permits, 2011 1,681 32,804     Geography QuickFacts Guilford County North Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 645.70 48,617.91 Persons per square mile, 2010 756.4 196.1 FIPS Code 081 37 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Greensboro-High Point, 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