People QuickFacts Conover North Carolina Population, 2012 estimate 8,165 9,752,073 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 8,161 9,535,471 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 Z 2.3% Population, 2010 8,165 9,535,483 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.9% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 23.2% 23.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 17.0% 12.9% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.7% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 78.1% 68.5% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 9.2% 21.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 4.2% 2.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.5% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 12.2% 8.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 72.5% 65.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.0% 83.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 12.0% 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 85.2% 84.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 21.6% 26.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 638 743,377 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 16.5 23.4  Housing units, 2010 3,654 4,327,528 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 67.9% 67.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 16.9% 17.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $130,800 $152,700 Households, 2007-2011 3,129 3,664,119 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.55 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $24,430 $25,256 Median household income, 2007-2011 $47,682 $46,291 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 11.6% 16.1%     Business QuickFacts Conover North Carolina Total number of firms, 2007 900 798,791 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 S 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 13.6% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 205,867,299 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 352,089 88,795,885 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 249,146 114,578,173 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $34,261 $12,641 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 20,656 16,126,939     Geography QuickFacts Conover North Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 10.90 48,617.91 Persons per square mile, 2010 749.4 196.1 FIPS Code 14340 37 Counties Catawba County (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