Berkshire County, Massachusetts Demographics

Berkshire County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Berkshire County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Size in square miles

Berkshire County is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - White

Berkshire County is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Berkshire County is 5th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Income below poverty line

Berkshire County is 6th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - Two or More

Berkshire County is 6th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Berkshire County is 7th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Female residents

Berkshire County is 7th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Home ownership rate

Berkshire County is 9th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Berkshire County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Current population (2012)	130,016	11th	6,646,144	313,914,040
Size in square miles	926.8	2nd	7,800.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	141.6	13th	839.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Berkshire County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents younger than 5	4.4%	12th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.7%	10th	21.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.7%	2nd	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Berkshire County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.7%	9th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	30.2%	12th	38.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Berkshire County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Race - White	93.2%	3rd	83.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.0%	11th	7.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	10th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.4%	12th	5.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	14th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	6th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	9th	10.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.2%	3rd	75.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Berkshire County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Female residents	51.7%	7th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.6%	13th	14.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Berkshire County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Housing units	68,497	10th	2,818,940	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	30.1%	9th	41.8%	25.9%
Households	55,793	11th	2,522,409	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.0%	7th	63.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$208,100	13th	$343,500	$186,200
People per household	2.2	13th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	89	12th	11,111	829,658

Income Demographics
	Berkshire County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Income per capita	$29,387	10th	$35,051	$27,915
Income per household	$48,705	14th	$65,981	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.8%	5th	10.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Berkshire County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,985	10th	169,146	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	53,110	11th	2,960,712	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	12,647	11th	596,790	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,901,784	10th	$88,082,966	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,605	6th	$13,553	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$401,912	10th	$14,917,210	$613,795,732