People QuickFacts Bucks County Pennsylvania Population, 2012 estimate 627,053 12,763,536 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 625,249 12,702,379 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.3% 0.5% Population, 2010 625,249 12,702,379 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.3% 5.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.5% 21.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 14.9% 15.6% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.0% 51.2%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 90.4% 83.8% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.9% 11.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.1% 2.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.4% 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 4.4% 5.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 86.6% 79.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 92.8% 87.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 8.1% 5.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 10.6% 10.0% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 92.4% 87.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 34.7% 26.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 43,712 1,007,939 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 28.3 25.7  Housing units, 2011 246,488 5,579,275 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 78.3% 70.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 19.2% 20.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $319,600 $163,200 Households, 2007-2011 229,955 4,952,566 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.68 2.47 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $36,601 $27,824 Median household income, 2007-2011 $76,019 $51,651 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 5.2% 12.6%     Business QuickFacts Bucks County Pennsylvania Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 18,758 295,720 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 242,654 5,078,111 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 0.4% 2.0% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 48,704 762,405  Total number of firms, 2007 65,114 981,501 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.5% 4.6% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 3.5% 3.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.0% 2.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.9% 27.0%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 9,316,305 234,840,418 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 9,859,583 142,859,202 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 13,089,805 166,842,778 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $21,067 $13,323 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 970,247 19,625,449 Building permits, 2012 658 18,796     Geography QuickFacts Bucks County Pennsylvania Land area in square miles, 2010 604.31 44,742.70 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,034.7 283.9 FIPS Code 017 42 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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