People QuickFacts	Benton County	Oregon
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	86,430	3,899,353
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	85,581	3,831,073
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.0%	1.8%
 	Population, 2010    	85,579	3,831,074
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	4.3%	6.1%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	17.1%	22.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	12.3%	14.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	49.8%	50.5% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	88.7%	88.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.1%	2.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.9%	1.8%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	5.5%	3.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.3%	0.4%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	3.4%	3.4%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	6.7%	12.0%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	82.9%	78.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	76.9%	81.9%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	9.0%	9.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	11.2%	14.6%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	94.2%	88.9%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	47.4%	29.0%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	6,112	338,527
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	18.3	22.3 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	36,384	1,684,193
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	57.4%	63.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	30.6%	23.3%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$268,200	$252,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	33,427	1,509,554
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.39	2.46
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$26,370	$26,561
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$47,716	$49,850
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	21.0%	14.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Benton County	Oregon
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	2,059	107,397
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	24,526	1,351,164
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-10.0	-0.3
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	5,411	258,805 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	7,157	348,154
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.2%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.2%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.4%	3.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.2%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	3.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	29.3%	29.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	590,473	66,880,653
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	387,072	51,910,777
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	685,172	50,370,919
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$8,398	$13,494
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	134,027	7,555,764
 	Building permits, 2011     	364	7,663

   	Geography QuickFacts	Benton County	Oregon
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	675.94	95,988.01
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	126.6	39.9
 	FIPS Code    	003	41
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Corvallis, OR 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