Ada County, Idaho Demographics

Ada County is 1st in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Ada County is 1st in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Current population (2012)

Ada County is 1st in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Households

Ada County is 1st in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Housing units

Ada County is 1st in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Ada County is 1st in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Ada County is 1st in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Ada County is 1st in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Ada County is 1st in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Retail sales

Ada County is 1st in Idaho out of 44 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Ada County	Rank	Idaho	US
Current population (2012)	409,061	1st	1,595,728	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,052.6	31st	82,643.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	372.8	1st	19	87.4

Age Demographics
	Ada County	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	23rd	7.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.7%	24th	26.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.4%	38th	13.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Ada County	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.1%	4th	88.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	35.2%	4th	24.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Ada County	Rank	Idaho	US
Race - White	92.5%	37th	93.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.2%	2nd	0.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	30th	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.7%	2nd	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	8th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.5%	5th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	21st	11.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	86.0%	24th	83.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Ada County	Rank	Idaho	US
Female residents	50.0%	13th	50.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.2%	17th	5.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Ada County	Rank	Idaho	US
Housing units	161,083	1st	674,394	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.6%	7th	15.1%	25.9%
Households	147,753	1st	575,497	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.0%	34th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$206,200	6th	$171,300	$186,200
People per household	2.6	24th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,631	1st	6,265	829,658

Income Demographics
	Ada County	Rank	Idaho	US
Income per capita	$27,956	2nd	$22,788	$27,915
Income per household	$55,304	2nd	$46,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.2%	37th	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Ada County	Rank	Idaho	US
Non-farm private establishments	11,898	1st	42,399	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	164,701	1st	482,722	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	42,344	1st	151,671	27,092,908
Retail sales	$5,855,102	1st	$20,526,631	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,720	8th	$13,691	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$795,953	1st	$2,415,951	$613,795,732