People QuickFacts Winston-Salem North Carolina Population, 2012 estimate 234,349 9,752,073 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 229,626 9,535,471 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.1% 2.3% Population, 2010 229,617 9,535,483 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.3% 6.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 24.6% 23.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 12.5% 12.9% Female persons, percent, 2010 53.0% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 51.2% 68.5% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 34.7% 21.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 1.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.0% 2.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.4% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 14.7% 8.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 47.1% 65.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 83.1% 83.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 11.0% 7.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 16.6% 10.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 85.5% 84.1% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 31.7% 26.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 14,988 743,377 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.3 23.4  Housing units, 2010 103,974 4,327,528 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 58.7% 67.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 31.8% 17.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $141,700 $152,700 Households, 2007-2011 90,245 3,664,119 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.42 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $24,728 $25,256 Median household income, 2007-2011 $41,228 $46,291 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 20.6% 16.1%     Business QuickFacts Winston-Salem North Carolina Total number of firms, 2007 18,081 798,791 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 17.1% 10.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.7% 1.0% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.5% 2.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.7% 2.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.8% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 9,391,075 205,867,299 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,841,741 88,795,885 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,886,045 114,578,173 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $17,385 $12,641 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 508,130 16,126,939     Geography QuickFacts Winston-Salem North Carolina Land area in square miles, 2010 132.45 48,617.91 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,733.6 196.1 FIPS Code 75000 37 Counties Forsyth 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