| | People QuickFacts | Nantucket County | Massachusetts |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 10,298 | 6,646,144 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 10,172 | 6,547,629 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.2% | 1.5% |
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Population, 2010 | 10,172 | 6,547,629 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.8% | 5.6% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 21.1% | 21.3% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 12.6% | 14.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 49.0% | 51.6% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 90.1% | 84.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 7.0% | 7.8% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.3% | 5.6% |
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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% | 2.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 10.0% | 9.9% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 80.6% | 76.4% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 89.7% | 86.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.0% | 14.7% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 13.2% | 21.4% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 93.1% | 88.9% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 42.1% | 38.7% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 619 | 412,617 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 11.0 | 27.5 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 11,776 | 2,818,940 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 70.1% | 63.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.8% | 41.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $993,900 | $343,500 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 3,745 | 2,522,409 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.52 | 2.49 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $51,456 | $35,051 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $84,979 | $65,981 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.8% | 10.7% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Nantucket County | Massachusetts |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 883 | 169,1462 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 3,560 | 2,960,7122 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -2.0% | 1.1%2 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 2,044 | 472,534 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,017 | 596,790 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.4% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.3% | 29.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 01 | 86,428,959 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 39,771 | 95,275,672 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 342,825 | 88,082,966 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $30,997 | $13,553 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 88,915 | 14,917,210 |
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Building permits, 2012 | 58 | 11,111 |