Litchfield County, Connecticut Demographics

Litchfield County is 1st in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Home ownership rate

Litchfield County is 1st in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Race - White

Litchfield County is 1st in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Litchfield County is 1st in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Litchfield County is 1st in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Size in square miles

Litchfield County is 3rd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Home median value

Litchfield County is 3rd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Income per capita

Litchfield County is 3rd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Litchfield County is 4th in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Income per household

Litchfield County is 5th in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Litchfield County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Current population (2012)	187,530	5th	3,590,347	313,914,040
Size in square miles	920.6	1st	4,842.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	206.3	8th	738.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Litchfield County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Residents younger than 5	4.4%	7th	5.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.4%	6th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.3%	1st	14.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Litchfield County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.3%	3rd	88.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.7%	5th	35.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Litchfield County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Race - White	94.8%	1st	82.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.7%	8th	11.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	6th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.7%	7th	4.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	6th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	8th	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	7th	14.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.7%	1st	70.3%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Litchfield County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Female residents	50.8%	5th	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.3%	7th	13.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Litchfield County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Housing units	88,045	5th	1,494,019	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.5%	8th	34.6%	25.9%
Households	76,477	5th	1,360,115	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.9%	1st	68.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$279,600	3rd	$293,100	$186,200
People per household	2.4	6th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	154	7th	4,669	829,658

Income Demographics
	Litchfield County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Income per capita	$37,249	3rd	$37,627	$27,915
Income per household	$71,497	4th	$69,243	$52,762
Income below poverty line	6.1%	7th	9.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Litchfield County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,909	5th	88,040	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	51,070	6th	1,442,620	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	21,435	5th	332,150	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,458,157	5th	$52,165,480	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,043	5th	$14,953	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$245,161	6th	$9,138,437	$613,795,732