| | People QuickFacts | Washington County | Arkansas |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 211,411 | 2,949,131 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 203,060 | 2,915,919 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 4.1% | 1.1% |
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Population, 2010 | 203,065 | 2,915,918 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 7.4% | 6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 25.3% | 24.2% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 9.9% | 14.6% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.0% | 50.9% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 88.5% | 80.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 3.3% | 15.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.4% | 0.9% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.3% | 1.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.0% | 0.2% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.4% | 1.8% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 15.8% | 6.6% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 73.7% | 74.2% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 74.7% | 82.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.1% | 4.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 17.2% | 6.9% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 82.1% | 82.7% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 27.6% | 19.6% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 12,963 | 245,969 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 20.1 | 21.2 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 88,713 | 1,324,369 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 56.3% | 67.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 30.5% | 15.2% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $153,700 | $105,100 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 76,841 | 1,121,386 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.52 | 2.51 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $23,109 | $21,833 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $41,474 | $40,149 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.9% | 18.4% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Washington County | Arkansas |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 4,769 | 64,4711 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 76,535 | 980,6441 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -1.5% | 1.6%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 13,489 | 192,034 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 17,653 | 238,994 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 5.5% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.5% | 1.1% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.2% | 1.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.4% | 2.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 22.4% | 24.5% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 3,497,554 | 60,735,582 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,328,121 | 29,659,789 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,723,279 | 32,974,282 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,987 | $11,602 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 355,688 | 3,559,795 |
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Building permits, 2012 | 646 | 8,231 |