People QuickFacts	Mitchell County	North Carolina
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	15,368	9,752,073
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	15,579	9,535,471
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-1.4%	2.3%
 	Population, 2010    	15,579	9,535,483
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	4.9%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	19.0%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	21.6%	13.2%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.2%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	97.0%	72.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.6%	22.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.8%	1.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.3%	2.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.1%	1.9%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	4.4%	8.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	93.5%	65.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	90.5%	83.9%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.4%	7.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	4.4%	10.6%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	79.1%	84.1%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	13.7%	26.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,058	743,377
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	23.6	23.4 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	8,788	4,362,740
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	74.6%	67.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	7.5%	17.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$111,100	$152,700
 	Households, 2007-2011    	6,553	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    	$19,133	$25,256
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$36,165	$46,291
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	17.4%	16.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Mitchell County	North Carolina
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	383	218,104
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	3,838	3,234,595
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-24.3	-4.5
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,153	640,686 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,883	798,791
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	10.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.0%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	2.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	2.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	18.5%	28.2% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	71,030	205,867,299
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	32,295	88,795,885
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	171,884	114,578,173
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$10,953	$12,641
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	12,626	16,126,939
 	Building permits, 2011     	32	32,804

   	Geography QuickFacts	Mitchell County	North Carolina
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	221.43	48,617.91
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	70.4	196.1
 	FIPS Code    	121	37
 	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