Placer County, California Demographics

Placer County is 2nd in California out of 58 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Placer County is 3rd in California out of 58 other counties in Female residents

Placer County is 3rd in California out of 58 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Placer County is 6th in California out of 58 other counties in Income per capita

Placer County is 7th in California out of 58 other counties in Income per household

Placer County is 8th in California out of 58 other counties in Home ownership rate

Placer County is 10th in California out of 58 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Placer County is 13th in California out of 58 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Placer County is 14th in California out of 58 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Placer County is 17th in California out of 58 other counties in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Placer County	Rank	California	US
Current population (2012)	361,682	22nd	38,041,430	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,407.0	32nd	155,779.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	247.6	18th	239.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Placer County	Rank	California	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	36th	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.6%	25th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.6%	18th	12.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Placer County	Rank	California	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.4%	2nd	80.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	34.6%	10th	30.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Placer County	Rank	California	US
Race - White	86.7%	26th	73.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.6%	38th	6.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.1%	54th	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	6.5%	22nd	13.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	29th	0.5%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.8%	23rd	3.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	45th	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	75.2%	14th	39.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Placer County	Rank	California	US
Female residents	51.2%	3rd	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	10.3%	39th	27.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Placer County	Rank	California	US
Housing units	154,365	18th	13,720,462	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.8%	33rd	30.8%	25.9%
Households	130,736	20th	12,433,172	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.3%	8th	56.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$387,400	22nd	$421,600	$186,200
People per household	2.6	33rd	2.9	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,308	13th	58,549	829,658

Income Demographics
	Placer County	Rank	California	US
Income per capita	$35,583	6th	$29,634	$27,915
Income per household	$74,645	7th	$61,632	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.2%	56th	14.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Placer County	Rank	California	US
Non-farm private establishments	9,282	19th	849,316	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	121,639	19th	12,698,427	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	36,890	19th	3,425,510	27,092,908
Retail sales	$6,180,067	17th	$455,032,270	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,622	3rd	$12,561	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$773,617	19th	$80,852,787	$613,795,732