Leon County, Florida Demographics

Leon County is 1st in Florida out of 67 other counties in Female residents

Leon County is 1st in Florida out of 67 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Leon County is 2nd in Florida out of 67 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Leon County is 5th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Leon County is 8th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Leon County is 10th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Race - Asian

Leon County is 12th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Income below poverty line

Leon County is 14th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Home median value

Leon County is 16th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Leon County is 17th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Leon County	Rank	Florida	US
Current population (2012)	283,769	22nd	19,317,568	313,914,040
Size in square miles	666.9	37th	53,624.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	413.1	17th	350.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Leon County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	40th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.6%	52nd	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.3%	66th	18.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Leon County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.2%	2nd	85.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	43.1%	1st	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Leon County	Rank	Florida	US
Race - White	63.3%	62nd	78.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	31.2%	5th	16.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	61st	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.1%	10th	2.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	23rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	18th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	43rd	23.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	58.1%	55th	57.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Leon County	Rank	Florida	US
Female residents	52.4%	1st	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.7%	34th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Leon County	Rank	Florida	US
Housing units	124,701	22nd	9,026,965	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	31.3%	8th	29.9%	25.9%
Households	109,508	20th	7,140,096	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	55.0%	66th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$195,300	14th	$188,600	$186,200
People per household	2.4	58th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,090	20th	64,810	829,658

Income Demographics
	Leon County	Rank	Florida	US
Income per capita	$26,332	22nd	$26,733	$27,915
Income per household	$45,827	29th	$47,827	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.3%	12th	14.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Leon County	Rank	Florida	US
Non-farm private establishments	7,253	17th	490,851	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	89,580	16th	6,732,639	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	24,022	22nd	2,009,589	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,533,827	20th	$262,341,127	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,451	19th	$14,353	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$551,621	17th	$41,922,059	$613,795,732