| | People QuickFacts | Catawba County | North Carolina |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 154,339 | 9,752,073 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 154,356 | 9,535,471 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | Z | 2.3% |
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Population, 2010 | 154,358 | 9,535,483 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.1% | 6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.5% | 23.7% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 14.6% | 13.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.0% | 51.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 85.4% | 72.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 8.8% | 22.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.5% | 1.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 3.6% | 2.3% |
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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 | 1.6% | 1.9% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 8.5% | 8.6% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 77.8% | 65.0% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 87.1% | 83.9% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.0% | 7.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 10.3% | 10.6% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 81.4% | 84.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 19.7% | 26.5% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 11,760 | 743,377 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.3 | 23.4 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 67,922 | 4,362,740 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 71.4% | 67.8% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.4% | 17.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $129,000 | $152,700 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 58,850 | 3,664,119 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.58 | 2.50 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $23,489 | $25,256 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $43,733 | $46,291 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.4% | 16.1% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Catawba County | North Carolina |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 4,180 | 218,1041 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 74,505 | 3,234,5951 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -21.3 | -4.51 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 10,148 | 640,686 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 14,417 | 798,791 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 10.5% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.5% | 1.0% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.9% | 2.5% |
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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 | S | 2.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 26.3% | 28.2% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 6,291,105 | 205,867,299 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 4,087,319 | 88,795,885 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,683,077 | 114,578,173 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $17,251 | $12,641 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 272,070 | 16,126,939 |
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Building permits, 2011 | 129 | 32,804 |