People QuickFacts Union County North Carolina Population, 2012 estimate 208,520 9,752,073 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 201,292 9,535,471 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 3.6% 2.3% Population, 2010 201,292 9,535,483 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.9% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 29.9% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.1% 13.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.7% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 83.8% 72.1% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 12.1% 22.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 1.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.8% 2.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.6% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 10.7% 8.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 74.2% 65.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 89.3% 83.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 8.4% 7.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 12.6% 10.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.0% 84.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 29.9% 26.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 12,538 743,377 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 28.4 23.4  Housing units, 2011 73,667 4,362,740 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 82.9% 67.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 6.1% 17.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $196,400 $152,700 Households, 2007-2011 66,720 3,664,119 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.92 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $28,835 $25,256 Median household income, 2007-2011 $64,813 $46,291 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 8.7% 16.1%     Business QuickFacts Union County North Carolina Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 3,919 218,104 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 42,518 3,234,595 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 8.5 -4.5 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 14,482 640,686  Total number of firms, 2007 18,189 798,791 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.9% 10.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.2% 1.0% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.8% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.9% 2.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.4% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 205,867,299 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,232,790 88,795,885 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,699,810 114,578,173 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $9,214 $12,641 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) D 16,126,939 Building permits, 2011 692 32,804     Geography QuickFacts Union County North Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 631.52 48,617.91 Persons per square mile, 2010 318.7 196.1 FIPS Code 179 37 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 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