People QuickFacts Northumberland County Virginia Population, 2012 estimate 12,346 8,185,867 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 12,330 8,001,031 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.1% 2.3% Population, 2010 12,330 8,001,024 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 4.0% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 16.1% 22.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 31.0% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.3% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 73.2% 71.3% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 25.0% 19.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 5.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.1% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 3.2% 8.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 70.5% 64.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 95.0% 84.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.3% 11.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.4% 14.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 83.1% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 22.2% 34.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,577 743,070 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 27.6 27.3  Housing units, 2011 8,970 3,387,654 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 83.1% 68.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 1.9% 21.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $246,000 $254,600 Households, 2007-2011 5,569 2,991,025 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.23 2.57 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $28,538 $33,040 Median household income, 2007-2011 $51,256 $63,302 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.8% 10.7%     Business QuickFacts Northumberland County Virginia Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 365 193,042 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 1,844 2,998,278 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -13.5 3.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,063 510,297  Total number of firms, 2007 1,575 638,643 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 S 30.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 92,417,797 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 29,724 60,513,396 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 90,247 105,663,299 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $7,006 $13,687 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 5,238 15,340,483 Building permits, 2011 47 23,297     Geography QuickFacts Northumberland County Virginia Land area in square miles, 2010 191.30 39,490.09 Persons per square mile, 2010 64.5 202.6 FIPS Code 133 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