People QuickFacts	Pittsylvania County	Virginia
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	62,807	8,185,867
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	63,506	8,001,031
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-1.1%	2.3%
 	Population, 2010    	63,506	8,001,024
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.0%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	20.8%	22.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	17.7%	12.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.0%	50.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	76.1%	71.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	22.1%	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)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.1%	2.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	2.2%	8.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	74.2%	64.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	90.9%	84.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.0%	11.0%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	3.5%	14.4%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	76.8%	86.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	12.7%	34.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	5,404	743,070
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	26.3	27.3 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	31,494	3,387,654
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	79.6%	68.4%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	3.7%	21.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$105,100	$254,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	26,325	2,991,025
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.36	2.57
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$21,219	$33,040
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$40,333	$63,302
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	14.4%	10.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Pittsylvania County	Virginia
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	857	193,042
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	8,385	2,998,278
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-28.7	3.3
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	2,848	510,297 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,511	638,643
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	12.1%	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    	S	4.5%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	32.9%	30.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	752,137	92,417,797
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	247,619	60,513,396
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	269,316	105,663,299
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$4,421	$13,687
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	15,256	15,340,483
 	Building permits, 2011     	118	23,297

   	Geography QuickFacts	Pittsylvania County	Virginia
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	968.94	39,490.09
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	65.5	202.6
 	FIPS Code    	143	51
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Danville, VA Metro Area	 

(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