| | People QuickFacts | Santa Cruz County | Arizona |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 47,303 | 6,553,255 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 47,420 | 6,392,015 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.2% | 2.5% |
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Population, 2010 | 47,420 | 6,392,017 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 7.7% | 6.9% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 30.0% | 25.1% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 13.8% | 14.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 52.3% | 50.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 96.7% | 84.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.7% | 4.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.3% | 5.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.7% | 3.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.3% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 0.6% | 2.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 82.7% | 30.1% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 15.9% | 57.4% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 90.8% | 80.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 32.7% | 13.9% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 79.7% | 27.1% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 71.2% | 85.2% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 18.0% | 26.4% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,199 | 536,449 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 18.9 | 24.7 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 18,105 | 2,864,335 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 68.9% | 66.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.3% | 20.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $152,700 | $197,400 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 13,114 | 2,344,215 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 3.55 | 2.64 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $17,577 | $25,784 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $38,092 | $50,752 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 26.2% | 16.2% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Santa Cruz County | Arizona |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 1,128 | 130,3052 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 10,588 | 2,108,5612 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 1.0% | 2.1%2 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 3,750 | 395,995 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,599 | 491,529 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.6% | 2.0% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.6% | 3.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | S |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 47.1% | 10.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 25.0% | 28.1% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 01 | 57,977,827 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 57,573,459 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 681,267 | 86,758,801 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,958 | $13,637 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 67,226 | 13,268,514 |
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Building permits, 2012 | 34 | 21,726 |