People QuickFacts	Elizabeth City	North Carolina
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	18,698	9,651,103
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	18,683	9,535,471
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.1%	1.2%
 	Population, 2010    	18,683	9,535,483
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.5%	6.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	22.4%	23.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.9%	12.9%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	54.2%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	39.5%	68.5%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	54.0%	21.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.4%	1.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.2%	2.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.3%	2.2%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	5.0%	8.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	37.6%	65.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	79.8%	83.9%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.9%	7.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	8.2%	10.6%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	77.5%	84.1%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	20.8%	26.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,606	743,377
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	19.5	23.4 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	8,167	4,327,528
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	46.6%	67.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	30.8%	17.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$157,000	$152,700
 	Households, 2007-2011    	7,091	3,664,119
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.47	2.50
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$18,025	$25,256
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$32,303	$46,291
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	31.5%	16.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Elizabeth City	North Carolina
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,549	798,791
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	16.5%	10.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.0%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	4.8%	2.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	2.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	23.9%	28.2% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	205,867,299
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	108,603	88,795,885
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	470,209	114,578,173
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$23,866	$12,641
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	60,357	16,126,939

   	Geography QuickFacts	Elizabeth City	North Carolina
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	11.63	48,617.91
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,607.0	196.1
 	FIPS Code    	20580	37
 	Counties    	Camden County
 Pasquotank 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