People QuickFacts Whitman County Washington Population, 2012 estimate 46,606 6,897,012 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 44,776 6,724,543 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 4.1% 2.6% Population, 2010 44,776 6,724,540 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 4.4% 6.5% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 14.4% 23.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 9.8% 12.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.0% 50.1%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 85.4% 82.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.9% 3.8% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 1.8% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 7.9% 7.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.7% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.7% 4.3% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 4.9% 11.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 81.3% 72.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 69.5% 82.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 8.8% 12.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 11.0% 17.8% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 95.8% 89.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 48.1% 31.4% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,473 601,507 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 14.7 25.5  Housing units, 2011 19,435 2,907,490 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 47.4% 64.4% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 40.7% 25.7% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $187,600 $283,200 Households, 2007-2011 16,187 2,602,568 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.36 2.50 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $20,226 $30,481 Median household income, 2007-2011 $35,409 $58,890 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 30.3% 12.5%     Business QuickFacts Whitman County Washington Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 832 175,914 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 9,031 2,326,731 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 26.7 2.6 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,867 405,256  Total number of firms, 2007 2,531 551,340 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F S American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.2% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 6.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.2% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 3.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 21.5% 28.7%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 112,053,283 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 388,870 76,790,966 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 271,057 92,968,519 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $6,598 $14,380 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 48,955 12,389,422 Building permits, 2011 93 20,864     Geography QuickFacts Whitman County Washington Land area in square miles, 2010 2,159.09 66,455.52 Persons per square mile, 2010 20.7 101.2 FIPS Code 075 53 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Pullman, WA Micro 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