Shelby County, Alabama Demographics

Shelby County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Home median value

Shelby County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Income per capita

Shelby County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Income per household

Shelby County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Shelby County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Shelby County is 4th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Foreign born residents

Shelby County is 4th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - Asian

Shelby County is 5th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

Shelby County is 5th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Households

Shelby County is 5th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Size Demographics
	Shelby County	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	200,941	5th	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	784.9	21st	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	248.5	5th	94.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Shelby County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	6.3%	21st	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.9%	7th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.8%	65th	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Shelby County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.4%	1st	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	40.0%	1st	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Shelby County	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	84.7%	19th	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	11.5%	50th	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	39th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.1%	4th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	19th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	38th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	9th	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	79.2%	20th	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Shelby County	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	51.1%	41st	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.9%	4th	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Shelby County	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	81,696	7th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.6%	24th	15.5%	25.9%
Households	72,694	5th	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.8%	8th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$198,900	1st	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.6	21st	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	844	6th	13,506	829,658

Income Demographics
	Shelby County	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$34,226	1st	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$68,883	1st	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.2%	67th	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Shelby County	Rank	Alabama	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,802	5th	97,743	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	74,851	5th	1,573,138	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	18,393	6th	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,520,488	6th	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,737	9th	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$301,893	7th	$6,426,342	$613,795,732