People QuickFacts Washington County Ohio Population, 2012 estimate 61,475 11,544,225 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 61,778 11,536,502 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.5% 0.1% Population, 2010 61,778 11,536,504 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.0% 6.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 20.6% 23.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 17.9% 14.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.2% 51.2%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 96.5% 83.6% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.2% 12.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 1.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z Z Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.4% 1.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 0.8% 3.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 95.8% 81.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 88.3% 85.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.1% 3.9% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 1.8% 6.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.2% 87.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 15.0% 24.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 5,656 914,971 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.0 22.9  Housing units, 2011 28,329 5,133,446 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 75.7% 68.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 13.9% 22.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $109,300 $135,600 Households, 2007-2011 25,184 4,554,007 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.39 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,404 $25,618 Median household income, 2007-2011 $43,185 $48,071 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.1% 14.8%     Business QuickFacts Washington County Ohio Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 1,430 250,476 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 21,802 4,432,849 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 2.4% 1.8% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 3,565 730,393  Total number of firms, 2007 4,144 897,939 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 S 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) 2,563,679 295,890,890 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 135,575,279 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 658,444 138,816,008 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,715 $12,049 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 83,684 17,779,905 Building permits, 2012 6 16,905     Geography QuickFacts Washington County Ohio Land area in square miles, 2010 631.97 40,860.69 Persons per square mile, 2010 97.8 282.3 FIPS Code 167 39 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 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