| | People QuickFacts | Rockingham County | North Carolina |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 92,720 | 9,752,073 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 93,640 | 9,535,471 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.0% | 2.3% |
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Population, 2010 | 93,643 | 9,535,483 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.4% | 6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 21.8% | 23.7% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 16.7% | 13.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.8% | 51.3% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 78.2% | 72.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 19.1% | 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) | 0.5% | 2.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 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) | 5.7% | 8.6% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 73.2% | 65.0% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.3% | 83.9% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.9% | 7.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 5.4% | 10.6% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 76.3% | 84.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 13.1% | 26.5% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 7,489 | 743,377 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25.8 | 23.4 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 43,742 | 4,362,740 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 72.3% | 67.8% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.6% | 17.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $102,800 | $152,700 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 37,836 | 3,664,119 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.44 | 2.50 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $20,861 | $25,256 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $38,311 | $46,291 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 15.8% | 16.1% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Rockingham County | North Carolina |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 1,712 | 218,1041 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 22,624 | 3,234,5951 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -21.6 | -4.51 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 4,771 | 640,686 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 6,116 | 798,791 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 9.2% | 10.5% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.0% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 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 | 1.2% | 2.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.6% | 28.2% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 3,118,411 | 205,867,299 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 611,498 | 88,795,885 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 839,555 | 114,578,173 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,121 | $12,641 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 84,590 | 16,126,939 |
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Building permits, 2011 | 105 | 32,804 |