People QuickFacts	Mecklenburg County	Virginia
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	31,749	8,185,867
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	32,727	8,001,031
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-3.0%	2.3%
 	Population, 2010    	32,727	8,001,024
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	4.6%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	19.2%	22.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	21.2%	12.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.5%	50.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	60.8%	71.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	36.7%	19.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.3%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.8%	5.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.4%	2.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	2.7%	8.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	58.7%	64.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	91.5%	84.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.9%	11.0%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	3.3%	14.4%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	75.8%	86.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	12.7%	34.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,906	743,070
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	26.6	27.3 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	18,583	3,387,654
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	74.5%	68.4%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	5.1%	21.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$124,000	$254,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	12,547	2,991,025
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.48	2.57
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$19,843	$33,040
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$36,069	$63,302
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	20.9%	10.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Mecklenburg County	Virginia
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	817	193,042
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	9,414	2,998,278
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-21.7	3.3
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,656	510,297 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,453	638,643
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	9.1%	9.9%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	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    	29.7%	30.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	281,033	92,417,797
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	74,695	60,513,396
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	406,322	105,663,299
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$12,684	$13,687
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	43,485	15,340,483
 	Building permits, 2011     	92	23,297

   	Geography QuickFacts	Mecklenburg County	Virginia
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	625.49	39,490.09
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	52.3	202.6
 	FIPS Code    	117	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