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

Sierra County is 1st in California out of 58 other counties in Race - White

Sierra County is 1st in California out of 58 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Sierra County is 1st in California out of 58 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Sierra County is 4th in California out of 58 other counties in Home ownership rate

Sierra County is 17th in California out of 58 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Sierra County	Rank	California	US
Current population (2012)	3,086	57th	38,041,430	313,914,040
Size in square miles	953.2	45th	155,779.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3.4	55th	239.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Sierra County	Rank	California	US
Residents younger than 5	4.0%	54th	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	16.1%	57th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	23.7%	1st	12.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Sierra County	Rank	California	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.2%	17th	80.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.6%	39th	30.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Sierra County	Rank	California	US
Race - White	94.8%	1st	73.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	58th	6.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.7%	42nd	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	58th	13.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	28th	0.5%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.5%	53rd	3.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	55th	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	87.0%	1st	39.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Sierra County	Rank	California	US
Female residents	49.8%	35th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.7%	49th	27.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Sierra County	Rank	California	US
Housing units	2,331	57th	13,720,462	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.4%	58th	30.8%	25.9%
Households	1,328	57th	12,433,172	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.8%	4th	56.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$304,700	29th	$421,600	$186,200
People per household	2.4	45th	2.9	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3	57th	58,549	829,658

Income Demographics
	Sierra County	Rank	California	US
Income per capita	$26,137	30th	$29,634	$27,915
Income per household	$50,308	33rd	$61,632	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.6%	23rd	14.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Sierra County	Rank	California	US
Non-farm private establishments	68	57th	849,316	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	255	58th	12,698,427	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	0	58th	3,425,510	27,092,908
Retail sales	$0	57th	$455,032,270	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$0	57th	$12,561	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	57th	$80,852,787	$613,795,732