People QuickFacts Sanpete County Utah Population, 2012 estimate 27,906 2,855,287 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 27,822 2,763,885 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.3% 3.3% Population, 2010 27,822 2,763,885 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.5% 9.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 29.7% 31.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.8% 9.2% Female persons, percent, 2011 47.7% 49.8%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 94.6% 91.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 1.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.5% 1.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.7% 2.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 1.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.6% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 9.4% 13.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 86.6% 80.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 80.6% 82.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 5.6% 8.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 10.5% 14.3% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.6% 90.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 18.3% 29.6% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,744 147,944 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.5 21.4  Housing units, 2011 10,637 993,060 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 76.8% 70.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 7.7% 21.3% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $156,200 $221,300 Households, 2007-2011 7,716 871,358 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.22 3.06 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $16,587 $23,650 Median household income, 2007-2011 $44,799 $57,783 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.5% 11.4%     Business QuickFacts Sanpete County Utah Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 409 68,820 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 4,197 1,021,143 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 11.0 11.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,728 191,963  Total number of firms, 2007 2,595 246,393 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.5% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.6% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 3.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 24.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 42,431,657 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 31,160 25,417,368 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 196,917 36,574,240 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $8,016 $13,730 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,332 3,980,570 Building permits, 2011 22 9,983     Geography QuickFacts Sanpete County Utah Land area in square miles, 2010 1,590.15 82,169.62 Persons per square mile, 2010 17.5 33.6 FIPS Code 039 49 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