Monroe County, Florida Demographics

Monroe County is 44th out of 3,143 other counties in Home median value

Monroe County is 1st in Florida out of 67 other counties in Home median value

Monroe County is 1st in Florida out of 67 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Monroe County is 4th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Income per capita

Monroe County is 8th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Race - White

Monroe County is 9th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Income per household

Monroe County is 10th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Foreign born residents

Monroe County is 11th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Monroe County is 12th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Monroe County is 12th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Monroe County is 15th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Florida	US
Current population (2012)	74,809	37th	19,317,568	313,914,040
Size in square miles	983.3	17th	53,624.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	74.3	42nd	350.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents younger than 5	4.4%	60th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	14.9%	65th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.0%	25th	18.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.3%	11th	85.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.8%	12th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Florida	US
Race - White	90.2%	8th	78.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.4%	57th	16.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	40th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.2%	36th	2.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	17th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	34th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	12th	23.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	69.9%	42nd	57.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Florida	US
Female residents	47.0%	49th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	17.3%	10th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Florida	US
Housing units	52,552	36th	9,026,965	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	23.0%	23rd	29.9%	25.9%
Households	28,272	38th	7,140,096	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.3%	61st	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$463,100	1st	$188,600	$186,200
People per household	2.5	37th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	221	36th	64,810	829,658

Income Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Florida	US
Income per capita	$35,074	4th	$26,733	$27,915
Income per household	$53,889	9th	$47,827	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.6%	56th	14.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Florida	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,487	30th	490,851	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	27,579	32nd	6,732,639	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	13,973	31st	2,009,589	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,387,603	33rd	$262,341,127	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,900	1st	$14,353	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$748,100	15th	$41,922,059	$613,795,732