Jefferson County, Alabama Demographics

Jefferson County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Jefferson County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

Jefferson County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Households

Jefferson County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Housing units

Jefferson County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Jefferson County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Jefferson County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Jefferson County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Jefferson County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Retail sales

Jefferson County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	660,009	1st	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,111.3	5th	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	592.5	1st	94.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	7th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.5%	26th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.6%	57th	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.7%	4th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	29.0%	5th	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	54.3%	52nd	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	42.6%	17th	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	42nd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.5%	8th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	29th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	43rd	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	17th	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	51.1%	53rd	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	52.7%	10th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.2%	12th	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	299,482	1st	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.0%	2nd	15.5%	25.9%
Households	259,394	1st	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.0%	59th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$141,700	7th	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.5	53rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,330	1st	13,506	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$26,962	4th	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$45,750	8th	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.2%	54th	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Alabama	US
Non-farm private establishments	16,278	1st	97,743	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	313,651	1st	1,573,138	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	55,470	1st	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$11,066,328	1st	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,730	3rd	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,268,154	1st	$6,426,342	$613,795,732