Dukes County, Massachusetts Demographics

Dukes County is 8th out of 3,143 other counties in Home median value

Dukes County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Home ownership rate

Dukes County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in People per household

Dukes County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Dukes County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - Two or More

Dukes County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Home median value

Dukes County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Dukes County is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Dukes County is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Dukes County is 4th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - White

Dukes County is 4th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Dukes County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Current population (2012)	17,041	13th	6,646,144	313,914,040
Size in square miles	103.2	12th	7,800.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	160.2	12th	839.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Dukes County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	10th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.6%	11th	21.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.9%	3rd	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Dukes County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.7%	4th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	42.5%	3rd	38.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Dukes County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Race - White	91.2%	4th	83.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.6%	10th	7.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.2%	1st	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	14th	5.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	5th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.1%	1st	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	13th	10.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	89.3%	4th	75.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Dukes County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Female residents	50.4%	13th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.5%	11th	14.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Dukes County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Housing units	17,385	13th	2,818,940	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.3%	14th	41.8%	25.9%
Households	5,568	13th	2,522,409	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.7%	1st	63.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$679,000	2nd	$343,500	$186,200
People per household	2.9	1st	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	90	11th	11,111	829,658

Income Demographics
	Dukes County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Income per capita	$33,228	7th	$35,051	$27,915
Income per household	$69,760	5th	$65,981	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.2%	8th	10.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Dukes County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,019	13th	169,146	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,935	13th	2,960,712	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,468	13th	596,790	27,092,908
Retail sales	$348,999	13th	$88,082,966	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$22,333	2nd	$13,553	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$95,785	12th	$14,917,210	$613,795,732