People QuickFacts	Swain County	North Carolina
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	14,141	9,752,073
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	13,981	9,535,471
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.1%	2.3%
 	Population, 2010    	13,981	9,535,483
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.2%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.3%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	17.2%	13.2%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.4%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	66.9%	72.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.3%	22.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	27.0%	1.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.5%	2.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	4.2%	1.9%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	4.2%	8.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	64.9%	65.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	90.7%	83.9%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.4%	7.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	4.2%	10.6%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	80.3%	84.1%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	17.7%	26.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,266	743,377
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	18.1	23.4 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	8,805	4,362,740
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	81.4%	67.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	7.1%	17.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$119,700	$152,700
 	Households, 2007-2011    	5,455	3,664,119
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.49	2.50
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$19,506	$25,256
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$40,719	$46,291
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	22.5%	16.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Swain County	North Carolina
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	400	215,113
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	5,322	3,284,592
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	-4.9%	1.5%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,296	640,686 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,648	798,791
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	10.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	17.9%	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    	34.0%	28.2% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	205,867,299
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,303	88,795,885
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	112,322	114,578,173
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$8,417	$12,641
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	561,555	16,126,939
 	Building permits, 2012    	38	48,692

   	Geography QuickFacts	Swain County	North Carolina
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	528.00	48,617.91
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	26.5	196.1
 	FIPS Code    	173	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