People QuickFacts Oklahoma County Oklahoma Population, 2012 estimate 741,781 3,814,820 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 718,631 3,751,354 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 3.2% 1.7% Population, 2010 718,633 3,751,351 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.8% 7.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 25.4% 24.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 12.1% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.0% 50.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 72.0% 75.8% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 15.6% 7.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.1% 8.9% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.1% 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 5.0% 5.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 15.5% 9.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 58.9% 68.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 78.7% 81.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 10.1% 5.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 15.5% 9.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 85.8% 85.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 29.1% 23.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 60,202 324,143 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 20.1 20.9  Housing units, 2011 320,604 1,674,685 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 61.0% 67.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 24.1% 15.2% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $121,900 $108,400 Households, 2007-2011 281,570 1,432,735 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.48 2.52 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,197 $23,770 Median household income, 2007-2011 $44,413 $44,287 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 17.3% 16.3%     Business QuickFacts Oklahoma County Oklahoma Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 22,312 90,050 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 337,056 1,241,168 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -2.3 3.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 55,829 263,043  Total number of firms, 2007 72,315 333,797 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.5% 3.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.7% 6.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.3% 2.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.5% 2.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.8% 25.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 7,039,445 60,681,358 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 27,232,349 48,074,682 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 10,759,969 43,095,353 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $15,382 $11,931 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,500,945 5,106,585 Building permits, 2011 2,155 8,782     Geography QuickFacts Oklahoma County Oklahoma Land area in square miles, 2010 708.82 68,594.92 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,013.8 54.7 FIPS Code 109 40 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Oklahoma City, OK 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