People QuickFacts	Wilmington	North Carolina
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	108,297	9,651,103
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	106,476	9,535,471
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.7%	1.2%
 	Population, 2010    	106,476	9,535,483
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.6%	6.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	18.4%	23.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	14.0%	12.9%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.2%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	73.5%	68.5%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	19.9%	21.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.5%	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    	2.2%	2.2%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	6.1%	8.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	70.8%	65.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	73.4%	83.9%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	6.0%	7.4%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	8.6%	10.6%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	87.8%	84.1%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	37.1%	26.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	8,644	743,377
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	17.4	23.4 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	53,400	4,327,528
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	47.6%	67.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	35.4%	17.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$236,100	$152,700
 	Households, 2007-2011    	46,341	3,664,119
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.20	2.50
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$28,217	$25,256
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$39,764	$46,291
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	22.6%	16.1%

   	Business QuickFacts	Wilmington	North Carolina
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	13,201	798,791
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	7.2%	10.5%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.2%	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    	S	2.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	28.8%	28.2% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,725,796	205,867,299
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	744,599	88,795,885
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,076,146	114,578,173
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$30,923	$12,641
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	373,169	16,126,939

   	Geography QuickFacts	Wilmington	North Carolina
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	51.49	48,617.91
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2,067.8	196.1
 	FIPS Code    	74440	37
 	Counties    	New Hanover 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