People QuickFacts	Lancaster	Ohio
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	39,026	11,544,951
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	38,785	11,536,502
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.6%	0.1%
 	Population, 2010    	38,780	11,536,504
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.5%	6.2%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	24.0%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	15.7%	14.1%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.0%	51.2% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	95.9%	82.7%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.0%	12.2%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.5%	1.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.7%	2.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	1.6%	3.1%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	95.0%	81.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	80.2%	85.0%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	1.3%	3.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	2.0%	6.3%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	88.6%	87.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	16.0%	24.1%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	25.9	22.7 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	58.7%	69.2%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	25.9%	23.0%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$124,100	$136,400
 	Households, 2006-2010    	16,448	4,552,270
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.32	2.46
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$22,692	$25,113
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$40,581	$47,358
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	14.8%	14.2%

   	Business QuickFacts	Lancaster	Ohio
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,939	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    	S	1.1%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	27.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	668,987	295,890,890
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	81,913	135,575,279
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	576,439	138,816,008
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$15,613	$12,049
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	90,861	17,779,905

   	Geography QuickFacts	Lancaster	Ohio
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	18.84	40,860.69
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	2,058.3	282.3
 	FIPS Code    	41720	39
 	Counties    	Fairfield 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