People QuickFacts Wheeler County Oregon Population, 2012 estimate 1,424 3,899,353 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 1,441 3,831,073 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.2% 1.8% Population, 2010 1,441 3,831,074 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 4.7% 6.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 17.7% 22.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 29.9% 14.3% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.6% 50.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 94.1% 88.6% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 2.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.5% 1.8% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.6% 3.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.4% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.6% 3.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 4.8% 12.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 90.0% 78.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 89.2% 81.9% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.8% 9.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 1.9% 14.6% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.4% 88.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 13.0% 29.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 163 338,527 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 24.2 22.3  Housing units, 2011 895 1,684,193 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 73.9% 63.1% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 0.3% 23.3% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $116,500 $252,600 Households, 2007-2011 601 1,509,554 Persons per household, 2007-2011 1.98 2.46 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,050 $26,561 Median household income, 2007-2011 $34,338 $49,850 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 12.6% 14.8%     Business QuickFacts Wheeler County Oregon Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 32 107,397 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 138 1,351,164 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 10.4 -0.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 143 258,805  Total number of firms, 2007 122 348,154 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 F 3.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.2% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 3.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 29.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 66,880,653 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 51,910,777 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 10,357 50,370,919 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $7,419 $13,494 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 554 7,555,764 Building permits, 2011 0 7,663     Geography QuickFacts Wheeler County Oregon Land area in square miles, 2010 1,714.75 95,988.01 Persons per square mile, 2010 0.8 39.9 FIPS Code 069 41 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (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