Sonoma County, California Demographics

Sonoma County is 34th out of 3,143 other counties in Home median value

Sonoma County is 8th in California out of 58 other counties in Female residents

Sonoma County is 11th in California out of 58 other counties in Income per capita

Sonoma County is 12th in California out of 58 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Sonoma County is 14th in California out of 58 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Sonoma County is 14th in California out of 58 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Sonoma County is 15th in California out of 58 other counties in Home median value

Sonoma County is 15th in California out of 58 other counties in Income per household

Sonoma County is 15th in California out of 58 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Sonoma County is 16th in California out of 58 other counties in Households

Sonoma County is 16th in California out of 58 other counties in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Sonoma County	Rank	California	US
Current population (2012)	491,829	17th	38,041,430	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,575.8	29th	155,779.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	307.1	16th	239.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Sonoma County	Rank	California	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	40th	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.4%	36th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.2%	23rd	12.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Sonoma County	Rank	California	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.4%	22nd	80.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	31.8%	14th	30.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Sonoma County	Rank	California	US
Race - White	87.7%	23rd	73.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.9%	36th	6.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.2%	30th	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.1%	30th	13.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.4%	19th	0.5%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.7%	26th	3.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	25.5%	28th	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	65.4%	24th	39.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Sonoma County	Rank	California	US
Female residents	50.9%	8th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	16.4%	33rd	27.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Sonoma County	Rank	California	US
Housing units	205,354	16th	13,720,462	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.9%	26th	30.8%	25.9%
Households	184,170	16th	12,433,172	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.5%	32nd	56.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$477,300	15th	$421,600	$186,200
People per household	2.5	37th	2.9	2.6
Building permits (last year)	560	18th	58,549	829,658

Income Demographics
	Sonoma County	Rank	California	US
Income per capita	$33,119	11th	$29,634	$27,915
Income per household	$64,343	15th	$61,632	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.7%	47th	14.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Sonoma County	Rank	California	US
Non-farm private establishments	13,080	14th	849,316	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	144,934	16th	12,698,427	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	52,458	15th	3,425,510	27,092,908
Retail sales	$6,427,191	16th	$455,032,270	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,929	12th	$12,561	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,005,419	16th	$80,852,787	$613,795,732