People QuickFacts Athens Ohio Population, 2011 estimate 23,835 11,541,007 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 23,832 11,536,502 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 Z Z Population, 2010 23,832 11,536,504 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 1.9% 6.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 5.8% 23.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 4.3% 14.1% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.0% 51.2%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 86.4% 82.7% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 4.4% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.2% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 6.1% 1.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.3% 2.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 2.4% 3.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 84.7% 81.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 40.0% 85.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 7.8% 3.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 8.4% 6.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 91.7% 87.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 64.5% 24.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 527 914,971 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 13.6 22.9  Housing units, 2010 7,391 5,127,508 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 31.6% 68.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 57.3% 22.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $170,900 $135,600 Households, 2007-2011 6,576 4,554,007 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.41 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $13,210 $25,618 Median household income, 2007-2011 $21,695 $48,071 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 53.3% 14.8%     Business QuickFacts Athens Ohio Total number of firms, 2007 1,254 897,939 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 5.8% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.1% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 27.7%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 295,890,890 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 21,740 135,575,279 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 357,670 138,816,008 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $16,534 $12,049 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 62,795 17,779,905     Geography QuickFacts Athens Ohio Land area in square miles, 2010 9.83 40,860.69 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,425.2 282.3 FIPS Code 02736 39 Counties Athens 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