People QuickFacts	Shenandoah County	Virginia
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	42,583	8,185,867
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	41,993	8,001,031
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.4%	2.3%
 	Population, 2010    	41,993	8,001,024
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.7%	6.3%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	21.8%	22.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	19.0%	12.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.2%	50.9% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	95.3%	71.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	2.2%	19.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.6%	5.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.5%	2.5%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	6.3%	8.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	89.8%	64.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	84.1%	84.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	4.3%	11.0%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	6.6%	14.4%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	82.6%	86.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	18.0%	34.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	4,020	743,070
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	28.8	27.3 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	21,089	3,387,654
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	70.3%	68.4%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	14.3%	21.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$215,100	$254,600
 	Households, 2007-2011    	17,152	2,991,025
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.41	2.57
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$24,913	$33,040
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$50,535	$63,302
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	11.5%	10.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Shenandoah County	Virginia
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	889	191,063
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	11,322	3,029,030
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	-0.2%	1.0%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	2,845	510,297 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,757	638,643
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	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    	2.8%	4.5%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	30.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,058,065	92,417,797
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	347,179	60,513,396
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	494,209	105,663,299
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$12,176	$13,687
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	50,053	15,340,483
 	Building permits, 2012    	85	27,278

   	Geography QuickFacts	Shenandoah County	Virginia
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	508.78	39,490.09
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	82.5	202.6
 	FIPS Code    	171	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