People QuickFacts	Guernsey County	Ohio
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	39,817	11,544,225
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	40,087	11,536,502
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.7%	0.1%
 	Population, 2010    	40,087	11,536,504
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.0%	6.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.5%	23.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	16.4%	14.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.9%	51.2% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	96.0%	83.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.7%	12.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.3%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.3%	1.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	Z
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.7%	1.9%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.0%	3.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	95.2%	81.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	87.1%	85.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.0%	3.9%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.9%	6.5%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	84.5%	87.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	11.5%	24.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	3,545	914,971
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	24.0	22.9 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	19,113	5,133,446
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	72.9%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	10.6%	22.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$92,300	$135,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	15,913	4,554,007
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.50	2.46
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$19,538	$25,618
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$38,179	$48,071
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	17.1%	14.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Guernsey County	Ohio
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	858	253,491
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	12,008	4,352,481
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-6.0	-13.0
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	2,327	730,393 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,112	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    	0.9%	2.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	S
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.1%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	14.5%	27.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,403,152	295,890,890
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	135,575,279
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	468,298	138,816,008
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$11,596	$12,049
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	67,040	17,779,905
 	Building permits, 2011     	28	13,762

   	Geography QuickFacts	Guernsey County	Ohio
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	522.25	40,860.69
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	76.8	282.3
 	FIPS Code    	059	39
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Cambridge, OH Micro 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