People QuickFacts	Thurston County	Washington
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	258,332	6,897,012
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	252,264	6,724,543
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	2.4%	2.6%
 	Population, 2010    	252,264	6,724,540
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.1%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	22.7%	23.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	13.4%	12.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.1%	50.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	84.3%	82.0%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	3.0%	3.8%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.6%	1.8%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	5.4%	7.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.8%	0.7%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	5.0%	4.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	7.4%	11.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	78.4%	72.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	81.5%	82.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	7.3%	12.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	10.1%	17.8%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	93.0%	89.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	32.5%	31.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	29,314	601,507
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	25.0	25.5 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	109,965	2,907,490
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	67.4%	64.4%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	18.7%	25.7%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$259,500	$283,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	100,147	2,602,568
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.44	2.50
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$30,331	$30,481
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$63,129	$58,890
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	10.5%	12.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Thurston County	Washington
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	5,826	175,914
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	63,625	2,326,731
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	20.1	2.6
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	13,995	405,256 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	20,125	551,340
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	S
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.1%	1.2%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	5.7%	6.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.2%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.4%	3.2%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	29.8%	28.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	870,094	112,053,283
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,003,369	76,790,966
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,102,980	92,968,519
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$12,999	$14,380
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	346,683	12,389,422
 	Building permits, 2011     	1,028	20,864

   	Geography QuickFacts	Thurston County	Washington
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	721.96	66,455.52
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	349.4	101.2
 	FIPS Code    	067	53
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Olympia, WA 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