People QuickFacts	Mercer Island	Washington
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	23,154	6,823,267
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	22,699	6,724,543
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	2.0%	1.5%
 	Population, 2010    	22,699	6,724,540
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	4.4%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	24.6%	23.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	19.5%	12.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.3%	50.2% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	77.9%	77.3%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.3%	3.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	1.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	15.9%	7.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.6%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.9%	4.7%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	2.8%	11.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	76.0%	72.5% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	89.4%	82.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	17.3%	12.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	19.0%	17.8%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	98.4%	89.8%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	74.7%	31.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,730	601,507
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	20.9	25.5 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	9,930	2,885,677
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	74.8%	64.4%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	26.0%	25.7%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$893,700	$283,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	9,253	2,602,568
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.42	2.50
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$76,619	$30,481
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$123,328	$58,890
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	2.7%	12.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Mercer Island	Washington
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,908	551,340
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	S
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	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    	23.0%	28.7% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	112,053,283
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	150,597	76,790,966
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	101,935	92,968,519
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$4,285	$14,380
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	23,251	12,389,422

   	Geography QuickFacts	Mercer Island	Washington
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	6.32	66,455.52
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	3,591.0	101.2
 	FIPS Code    	45005	53
 	Counties    	King County
 	

(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