People QuickFacts Butler County Ohio Population, 2012 estimate 370,589 11,544,225 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 368,130 11,536,502 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.7% 0.1% Population, 2010 368,130 11,536,504 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.7% 6.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.9% 23.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.8% 14.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.0% 51.2%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 87.5% 83.6% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 7.7% 12.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.5% 1.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% Z Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.9% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 4.1% 3.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 84.0% 81.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.0% 85.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 5.1% 3.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 6.9% 6.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.6% 87.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 26.5% 24.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 26,627 914,971 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.3 22.9  Housing units, 2011 149,076 5,133,446 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 70.9% 68.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 21.7% 22.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $160,400 $135,600 Households, 2007-2011 135,104 4,554,007 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.62 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,397 $25,618 Median household income, 2007-2011 $55,497 $48,071 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 12.8% 14.8%     Business QuickFacts Butler County Ohio Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 6,875 250,476 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 122,438 4,432,849 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 1.8% 1.8% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 20,804 730,393  Total number of firms, 2007 26,226 897,939 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.3% 5.8% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.3% 0.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.6% 2.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.4% 1.1% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.1% 27.7%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 11,362,034 295,890,890 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,336,978 135,575,279 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 4,876,153 138,816,008 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,616 $12,049 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 531,073 17,779,905 Building permits, 2012 496 16,905     Geography QuickFacts Butler County Ohio Land area in square miles, 2010 467.06 40,860.69 Persons per square mile, 2010 788.2 282.3 FIPS Code 017 39 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 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