San Diego County, California Demographics

San Diego County is 5th out of 3,143 other counties in Current population (2012)

San Diego County is 5th out of 3,143 other counties in Households

San Diego County is 5th out of 3,143 other counties in Housing units

San Diego County is 5th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

San Diego County is 7th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

San Diego County is 7th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales

San Diego County is 8th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private employees

San Diego County is 8th out of 3,143 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

San Diego County is 17th out of 3,143 other counties in Building permits (last year)

San Diego County is 35th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Asian

San Diego County is 2nd in California out of 58 other counties in Current population (2012)

San Diego County is 2nd in California out of 58 other counties in Households

San Diego County is 2nd in California out of 58 other counties in Housing units

San Diego County is 2nd in California out of 58 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

San Diego County is 3rd in California out of 58 other counties in Building permits (last year)

San Diego County is 3rd in California out of 58 other counties in Non-farm private employees

San Diego County is 3rd in California out of 58 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

San Diego County is 3rd in California out of 58 other counties in Retail sales

San Diego County is 3rd in California out of 58 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

San Diego County is 6th in California out of 58 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	San Diego County	Rank	California	US
Current population (2012)	3,177,063	2nd	38,041,430	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4,206.6	9th	155,779.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	735.8	9th	239.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	San Diego County	Rank	California	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	20th	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.9%	27th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.0%	39th	12.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	San Diego County	Rank	California	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.3%	28th	80.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	34.2%	11th	30.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	San Diego County	Rank	California	US
Race - White	76.7%	45th	73.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	5.6%	14th	6.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.3%	47th	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	11.6%	13th	13.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.6%	9th	0.5%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	4.2%	14th	3.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	32.7%	22nd	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	47.6%	35th	39.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	San Diego County	Rank	California	US
Female residents	49.7%	37th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	23.2%	13th	27.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	San Diego County	Rank	California	US
Housing units	1,168,679	2nd	13,720,462	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	35.6%	6th	30.8%	25.9%
Households	1,064,048	2nd	12,433,172	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	55.2%	50th	56.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$455,000	16th	$421,600	$186,200
People per household	2.8	25th	2.9	2.6
Building permits (last year)	5,666	3rd	58,549	829,658

Income Demographics
	San Diego County	Rank	California	US
Income per capita	$30,955	15th	$29,634	$27,915
Income per household	$63,857	16th	$61,632	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.0%	39th	14.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	San Diego County	Rank	California	US
Non-farm private establishments	75,837	3rd	849,316	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,128,909	3rd	12,698,427	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	291,124	3rd	3,425,510	27,092,908
Retail sales	$38,710,620	3rd	$455,032,270	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,009	16th	$12,561	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,551,513	2nd	$80,852,787	$613,795,732