Shasta County, California Demographics

Shasta County is 7th in California out of 58 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Shasta County is 9th in California out of 58 other counties in Female residents

Shasta County is 10th in California out of 58 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Shasta County is 13th in California out of 58 other counties in Size in square miles

Shasta County is 14th in California out of 58 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Shasta County is 15th in California out of 58 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Shasta County is 16th in California out of 58 other counties in Race - Two or More

Shasta County is 16th in California out of 58 other counties in Race - White

Shasta County is 17th in California out of 58 other counties in Home ownership rate

Shasta County is 18th in California out of 58 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Shasta County	Rank	California	US
Current population (2012)	178,586	30th	38,041,430	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,775.4	13th	155,779.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	46.9	38th	239.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Shasta County	Rank	California	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	39th	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.8%	34th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.1%	14th	12.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Shasta County	Rank	California	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.6%	18th	80.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.7%	34th	30.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Shasta County	Rank	California	US
Race - White	88.9%	16th	73.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.0%	49th	6.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	3.1%	15th	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.7%	37th	13.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	41st	0.5%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	4.1%	16th	3.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	53rd	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	81.8%	7th	39.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Shasta County	Rank	California	US
Female residents	50.9%	9th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.4%	53rd	27.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Shasta County	Rank	California	US
Housing units	77,343	29th	13,720,462	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.2%	35th	30.8%	25.9%
Households	69,147	29th	12,433,172	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.3%	17th	56.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$246,800	40th	$421,600	$186,200
People per household	2.5	39th	2.9	2.6
Building permits (last year)	205	31st	58,549	829,658

Income Demographics
	Shasta County	Rank	California	US
Income per capita	$23,691	35th	$29,634	$27,915
Income per household	$44,058	46th	$61,632	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.2%	21st	14.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Shasta County	Rank	California	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,205	27th	849,316	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	46,057	29th	12,698,427	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	57th	3,425,510	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,526,411	26th	$455,032,270	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,088	10th	$12,561	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$280,996	31st	$80,852,787	$613,795,732