People QuickFacts	Ross County	Ohio
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	77,429	11,544,225
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	78,064	11,536,502
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.8%	0.1%
 	Population, 2010    	78,064	11,536,504
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.8%	6.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	22.3%	23.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	13.7%	14.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	47.3%	51.2% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	90.9%	83.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	6.3%	12.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.3%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.4%	1.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	Z
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.0%	1.9%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.0%	3.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	90.1%	81.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.0%	85.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	0.8%	3.9%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	3.2%	6.5%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	83.7%	87.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	14.1%	24.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	7,697	914,971
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	25.8	22.9 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	32,358	5,133,446
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	73.4%	68.7%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	12.4%	22.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$114,800	$135,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	28,158	4,554,007
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.54	2.46
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$21,423	$25,618
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$44,577	$48,071
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	17.5%	14.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Ross County	Ohio
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	1,263	253,491
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	20,187	4,352,481
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-8.6	-13.0
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	3,846	730,393 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	5,162	897,939
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	5.8%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	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    	30.5%	27.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	2,522,193	295,890,890
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	226,559	135,575,279
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	831,195	138,816,008
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$10,947	$12,049
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	90,194	17,779,905
 	Building permits, 2011     	18	13,762

   	Geography QuickFacts	Ross County	Ohio
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	689.19	40,860.69
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	113.3	282.3
 	FIPS Code    	141	39
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Chillicothe, 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