DeKalb County, Alabama Demographics

DeKalb County is 34th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

DeKalb County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

DeKalb County is 2nd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

DeKalb County is 3rd in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Foreign born residents

DeKalb County is 4th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

DeKalb County is 5th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 18

DeKalb County is 6th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - Two or More

DeKalb County is 8th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - White

DeKalb County is 10th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 5

DeKalb County is 14th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Home ownership rate

DeKalb County is 16th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	DeKalb County	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	71,080	20th	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	777.1	23rd	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	91.5	22nd	94.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	DeKalb County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	6.8%	10th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.4%	5th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.8%	49th	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	DeKalb County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	70.3%	66th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.7%	52nd	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	DeKalb County	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	92.4%	8th	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.0%	64th	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.2%	4th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	37th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.8%	2nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.2%	6th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	2nd	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	80.8%	18th	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	DeKalb County	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	50.7%	49th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.3%	3rd	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	DeKalb County	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	31,336	20th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.9%	45th	15.5%	25.9%
Households	26,196	20th	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.0%	14th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$87,400	38th	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.7	16th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	23	27th	13,506	829,658

Income Demographics
	DeKalb County	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$18,788	43rd	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$36,853	35th	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.8%	32nd	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	DeKalb County	Rank	Alabama	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,095	22nd	97,743	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	16,549	18th	1,573,138	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,908	19th	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$635,185	21st	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,303	28th	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$67,915	20th	$6,426,342	$613,795,732