People QuickFacts	Bowling Green	Ohio
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	30,221	11,544,951
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	30,043	11,536,502
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.6%	0.1%
 	Population, 2010    	30,028	11,536,504
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	4.1%	6.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	12.8%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	8.9%	14.1%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.0%	51.2% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	87.6%	82.7%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	6.4%	12.2%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	0.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.1%	1.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.2%	2.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	4.8%	3.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	84.8%	81.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	51.1%	85.0%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	4.2%	3.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	6.1%	6.3%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	95.1%	87.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	47.7%	24.1%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	15.2	22.7 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	39.3%	69.2%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	52.7%	23.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$171,600	$136,400
 	Households, 2006-2010    	10,772	4,552,270
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.04	2.46
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$18,996	$25,113
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$32,792	$47,358
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	31.3%	14.2%

   	Business QuickFacts	Bowling Green	Ohio
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,835	897,939
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	5.8%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	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    	S	27.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	910,076	295,890,890
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	33,994	135,575,279
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	394,741	138,816,008
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$13,518	$12,049
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	62,443	17,779,905

   	Geography QuickFacts	Bowling Green	Ohio
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	12.56	40,860.69
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2,391.3	282.3
 	FIPS Code    	07972	39
 	Counties    	Wood 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