People QuickFacts Payne County Oklahoma Population, 2012 estimate 78,399 3,814,820 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 77,350 3,751,354 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.4% 1.7% Population, 2010 77,350 3,751,351 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.7% 7.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 18.5% 24.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.6% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.0% 50.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 82.2% 75.8% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.9% 7.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.9% 8.9% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.9% 1.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 5.1% 5.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 4.2% 9.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 78.9% 68.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 68.5% 81.6% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 5.9% 5.4% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 7.7% 9.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 89.0% 85.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 34.4% 23.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 4,815 324,143 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 17.7 20.9  Housing units, 2011 34,236 1,674,685 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 52.2% 67.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 25.2% 15.2% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $123,100 $108,400 Households, 2007-2011 29,731 1,432,735 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.30 2.52 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $20,284 $23,770 Median household income, 2007-2011 $35,716 $44,287 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 23.2% 16.3%     Business QuickFacts Payne County Oklahoma Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 1,704 90,050 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 21,669 1,241,168 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 9.6 3.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 4,747 263,043  Total number of firms, 2007 6,544 333,797 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 3.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 6.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.3% 2.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 2.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 21.3% 25.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,065,263 60,681,358 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 48,074,682 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 818,401 43,095,353 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,449 $11,931 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 117,802 5,106,585 Building permits, 2011 291 8,782     Geography QuickFacts Payne County Oklahoma Land area in square miles, 2010 684.70 68,594.92 Persons per square mile, 2010 113.0 54.7 FIPS Code 119 40 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Stillwater, OK 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