People QuickFacts Lancaster County Pennsylvania Population, 2012 estimate 526,823 12,763,536 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 519,448 12,702,379 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.4% 0.5% Population, 2010 519,445 12,702,379 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.8% 5.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.6% 21.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.2% 15.6% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.1% 51.2%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 91.5% 83.8% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.4% 11.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.0% 2.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.7% 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 8.9% 5.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 84.5% 79.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 88.1% 87.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 4.5% 5.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 15.5% 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 23.2% 26.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 35,969 1,007,939 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.1 25.7  Housing units, 2011 204,747 5,579,275 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 70.1% 70.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 19.5% 20.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $187,300 $163,200 Households, 2007-2011 192,681 4,952,566 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.60 2.47 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,141 $27,824 Median household income, 2007-2011 $55,816 $51,651 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 9.9% 12.6%     Business QuickFacts Lancaster County Pennsylvania Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 12,043 297,023 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 207,278 4,976,193 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -3.4 -2.2 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 37,867 762,405  Total number of firms, 2007 46,957 981,501 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.6% 4.6% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.1% 3.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.9% 2.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.4% 27.0%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 13,269,853 234,840,418 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 6,333,643 142,859,202 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 6,542,276 166,842,778 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,101 $13,323 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 763,937 19,625,449 Building permits, 2011 1,204 14,967     Geography QuickFacts Lancaster County Pennsylvania Land area in square miles, 2010 943.81 44,742.70 Persons per square mile, 2010 550.4 283.9 FIPS Code 071 42 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Lancaster, 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