People QuickFacts Prince William County Virginia Population, 2012 estimate 430,289 8,185,867 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 402,002 8,001,031 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 7.0% 2.3% Population, 2010 402,002 8,001,024 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 8.1% 6.3% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 28.5% 22.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 7.1% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.2% 50.9%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 65.6% 71.3% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 21.3% 19.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.1% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 7.9% 5.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 4.0% 2.5% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 20.5% 8.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 48.3% 64.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.2% 84.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 21.3% 11.0% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 29.8% 14.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.6% 86.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 37.7% 34.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 38,087 743,070 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 39.1 27.3  Housing units, 2011 139,175 3,387,654 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 74.2% 68.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 16.0% 21.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $353,300 $254,600 Households, 2007-2011 127,170 2,991,025 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.04 2.57 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $36,842 $33,040 Median household income, 2007-2011 $95,531 $63,302 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 5.6% 10.7%     Business QuickFacts Prince William County Virginia Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 6,971 193,042 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 83,363 2,998,278 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 34.5 3.3 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 27,380 510,297  Total number of firms, 2007 32,220 638,643 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 13.9% 9.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.2% 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 9.3% 7.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.1% 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 14.7% 4.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.6% 30.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 563,598 92,417,797 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,750,552 60,513,396 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 4,948,909 105,663,299 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,724 $13,687 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 537,865 15,340,483 Building permits, 2011 1,545 23,297     Geography QuickFacts Prince William County Virginia Land area in square miles, 2010 336.40 39,490.09 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,195.0 202.6 FIPS Code 153 51 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 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