People QuickFacts Buckingham County Virginia Population, 2012 estimate 17,088 8,185,867 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 17,146 8,001,031 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.3% 2.3% Population, 2010 17,146 8,001,024 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.5% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 18.9% 22.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 14.7% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 44.8% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 62.8% 71.3% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 34.9% 19.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 5.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.6% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 1.7% 8.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 61.4% 64.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.8% 84.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.1% 11.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.7% 14.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 69.4% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 13.5% 34.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,448 743,070 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 31.8 27.3  Housing units, 2011 7,294 3,387,654 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 73.3% 68.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 4.9% 21.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $119,000 $254,600 Households, 2007-2011 5,699 2,991,025 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.11 2.57 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $16,938 $33,040 Median household income, 2007-2011 $36,378 $63,302 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 21.1% 10.7%     Business QuickFacts Buckingham County Virginia Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 250 191,063 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 1,725 3,029,030 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -4.0% 1.0% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 713 510,297  Total number of firms, 2007 921 638,643 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 20.8% 9.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 7.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 4.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 30.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 92,417,797 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 21,509 60,513,396 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 68,700 105,663,299 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $4,306 $13,687 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) D 15,340,483 Building permits, 2012 33 27,278     Geography QuickFacts Buckingham County Virginia Land area in square miles, 2010 579.66 39,490.09 Persons per square mile, 2010 29.6 202.6 FIPS Code 029 51 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