People QuickFacts	Tamaqua	Pennsylvania
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	7,069	12,743,948
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	7,107	12,702,379
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	-0.5%	0.3%
 	Population, 2010    	7,107	12,702,379
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.2%	5.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	22.5%	22.0%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	18.2%	15.4%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.2%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	96.1%	81.9%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.7%	10.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	0.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	2.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.0%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.5%	1.9%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	3.5%	5.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	94.4%	79.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	88.6%	87.7%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.3%	5.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	5.5%	10.0%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	85.6%	87.9%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	10.6%	26.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	670	1,007,939
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	25.5	25.7 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	3,566	5,567,315
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	60.2%	70.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	26.4%	20.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$65,600	$163,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	3,183	4,952,566
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.23	2.47
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$17,905	$27,824
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$32,091	$51,651
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	21.6%	12.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Tamaqua	Pennsylvania
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	253	981,501
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	4.6%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	3.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	2.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	34.0%	27.0% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	234,840,418
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	142,859,202
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	114,887	166,842,778
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$17,362	$13,323
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	4,881	19,625,449

   	Geography QuickFacts	Tamaqua	Pennsylvania
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	9.56	44,742.70
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	743.3	283.9
 	FIPS Code    	76032	42
 	Counties    	Schuylkill County
 	

(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