Barnstable County, Massachusetts Demographics

Barnstable County is 42nd out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Barnstable County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Barnstable County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Barnstable County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Female residents

Barnstable County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Home ownership rate

Barnstable County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - White

Barnstable County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Barnstable County is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Barnstable County is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Barnstable County is 4th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Income per capita

Barnstable County is 5th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Home median value

Size Demographics
	Barnstable County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Current population (2012)	215,423	9th	6,646,144	313,914,040
Size in square miles	393.7	11th	7,800.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	548.3	8th	839.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Barnstable County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents younger than 5	4.1%	13th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	16.6%	13th	21.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	26.3%	1st	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Barnstable County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	94.9%	1st	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	40.5%	6th	38.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Barnstable County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Race - White	94.0%	2nd	83.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.3%	13th	7.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	5th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.3%	13th	5.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	3rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	13th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	14th	10.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.0%	2nd	75.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Barnstable County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Female residents	52.4%	2nd	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.5%	12th	14.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Barnstable County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Housing units	161,001	9th	2,818,940	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.4%	12th	41.8%	25.9%
Households	96,775	9th	2,522,409	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.8%	2nd	63.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$384,200	5th	$343,500	$186,200
People per household	2.2	14th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	592	8th	11,111	829,658

Income Demographics
	Barnstable County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Income per capita	$36,000	4th	$35,051	$27,915
Income per household	$60,525	8th	$65,981	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.4%	11th	10.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Barnstable County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Non-farm private establishments	8,116	9th	169,146	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	68,452	9th	2,960,712	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	32,205	8th	596,790	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,973,206	9th	$88,082,966	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$17,878	3rd	$13,553	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$890,997	6th	$14,917,210	$613,795,732