People QuickFacts	Garfield County	Washington
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	2,228	6,897,012
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	2,266	6,724,543
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-1.7%	2.6%
 	Population, 2010    	2,266	6,724,540
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	3.9%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	19.7%	23.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	23.1%	12.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.2%	50.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	95.8%	82.0%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	3.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	1.8%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.7%	7.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.0%	0.7%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.0%	4.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	4.4%	11.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	92.2%	72.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.8%	82.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	4.8%	12.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	6.1%	17.8%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	94.4%	89.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	20.6%	31.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	248	601,507
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	15.8	25.5 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	1,223	2,907,490
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	74.5%	64.4%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	4.6%	25.7%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$131,600	$283,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	959	2,602,568
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.29	2.50
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$25,181	$30,481
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$47,379	$58,890
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	12.9%	12.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Garfield County	Washington
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	46	175,914
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	298	2,326,731
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-18.6	2.6
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	113	405,256 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	97	551,340
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	S
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.2%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	6.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.2%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	3.2%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	28.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	112,053,283
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	70,512	76,790,966
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	11,673	92,968,519
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$5,582	$14,380
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	523	12,389,422
 	Building permits, 2011     	2	20,864

   	Geography QuickFacts	Garfield County	Washington
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	710.69	66,455.52
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	3.2	101.2
 	FIPS Code    	023	53
 	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