| | People QuickFacts | Dixie County | Florida |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 16,126 | 19,317,568 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 16,422 | 18,802,690 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.8% | 2.7% |
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Population, 2010 | 16,422 | 18,801,310 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.5% | 5.6% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 19.2% | 21.0% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 20.5% | 17.6% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 46.3% | 51.1% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 89.2% | 78.5% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 8.6% | 16.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 0.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 2.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.4% | 1.8% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 3.4% | 22.9% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 86.1% | 57.5% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 89.5% | 83.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.9% | 19.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 3.7% | 27.0% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 75.8% | 85.5% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 8.9% | 26.0% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,056 | 1,637,466 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24.4 | 25.7 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 9,471 | 9,026,965 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 80.6% | 69.0% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 1.6% | 29.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $104,400 | $188,600 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 5,380 | 7,140,096 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.95 | 2.56 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $18,374 | $26,733 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $34,243 | $47,827 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.3% | 14.7% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Dixie County | Florida |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 171 | 491,1501 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 1,267 | 6,626,5581 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -10.1 | 6.61 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 834 | 1,686,142 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 919 | 2,009,589 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 9.0% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 3.2% |
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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 | F | 22.4% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 28.9% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 104,832,907 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 221,641,518 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 49,120 | 262,341,127 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $3,303 | $14,353 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 7,395 | 41,922,059 |
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Building permits, 2011 | 17 | 42,360 |