People QuickFacts	Fayette County	Pennsylvania
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	135,660	12,763,536
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	136,606	12,702,379
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.7%	0.5%
 	Population, 2010    	136,606	12,702,379
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	4.9%	5.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	20.0%	21.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	18.0%	15.6%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.9%	51.2% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	93.4%	83.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	4.8%	11.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.3%	2.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.3%	1.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	0.9%	5.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	92.8%	79.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	90.7%	87.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.1%	5.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.8%	10.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	83.3%	87.9%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	13.7%	26.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	12,563	1,007,939
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	24.1	25.7 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	62,248	5,579,275
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	73.0%	70.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	12.5%	20.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$83,600	$163,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	54,717	4,952,566
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.44	2.47
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$19,717	$27,824
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$36,605	$51,651
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	19.2%	12.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Fayette County	Pennsylvania
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	2,742	297,023
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	36,226	4,976,193
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	6.5	-2.2
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	6,334	762,405 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	8,796	981,501
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.5%	4.6%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	3.2%
 	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    	23.5%	27.0% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,161,382	234,840,418
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	528,140	142,859,202
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,535,518	166,842,778
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$10,661	$13,323
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	246,895	19,625,449
 	Building permits, 2011     	159	14,967

   	Geography QuickFacts	Fayette County	Pennsylvania
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	790.34	44,742.70
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	172.8	283.9
 	FIPS Code    	051	42
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Pittsburgh, PA 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