Humboldt County, California Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Humboldt County is 4th in California out of 58 other counties in Race - Two or More

Humboldt County is 5th in California out of 58 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Humboldt County is 9th in California out of 58 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Humboldt County is 13th in California out of 58 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Humboldt County is 14th in California out of 58 other counties in Size in square miles

Humboldt County is 15th in California out of 58 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Humboldt County is 16th in California out of 58 other counties in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	Humboldt County	Rank	California	US
Current population (2012)	134,827	35th	38,041,430	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,568.0	14th	155,779.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	37.7	42nd	239.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Humboldt County	Rank	California	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	42nd	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.7%	47th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.2%	25th	12.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Humboldt County	Rank	California	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.2%	9th	80.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	26.3%	23rd	30.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Humboldt County	Rank	California	US
Race - White	84.5%	32nd	73.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.3%	42nd	6.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	6.2%	5th	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.5%	38th	13.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	33rd	0.5%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	5.3%	4th	3.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	51st	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	76.5%	13th	39.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Humboldt County	Rank	California	US
Female residents	49.9%	32nd	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.6%	51st	27.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Humboldt County	Rank	California	US
Housing units	61,851	31st	13,720,462	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	19.3%	23rd	30.8%	25.9%
Households	53,724	31st	12,433,172	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	57.3%	46th	56.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$314,400	27th	$421,600	$186,200
People per household	2.4	47th	2.9	2.6
Building permits (last year)	177	32nd	58,549	829,658

Income Demographics
	Humboldt County	Rank	California	US
Income per capita	$24,209	34th	$29,634	$27,915
Income per household	$40,376	51st	$61,632	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.4%	16th	14.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Humboldt County	Rank	California	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,304	31st	849,316	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	33,551	32nd	12,698,427	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	14,689	29th	3,425,510	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,726,357	32nd	$455,032,270	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,428	15th	$12,561	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$209,017	34th	$80,852,787	$613,795,732