Hampshire County, Massachusetts Demographics

Hampshire County is 34th out of 3,143 other counties in Female residents

Hampshire County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Female residents

Hampshire County is 4th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Income below poverty line

Hampshire County is 4th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - Asian

Hampshire County is 4th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - Two or More

Hampshire County is 5th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Hampshire County is 5th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Hampshire County is 6th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - White

Hampshire County is 6th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Hampshire County is 8th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Hampshire County is 8th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Hampshire County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Current population (2012)	159,795	10th	6,646,144	313,914,040
Size in square miles	527.3	8th	7,800.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	299.8	10th	839.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Hampshire County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents younger than 5	3.6%	14th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	15.7%	14th	21.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.7%	10th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Hampshire County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.3%	5th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	42.0%	5th	38.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Hampshire County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Race - White	89.7%	6th	83.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.9%	12th	7.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	9th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.9%	4th	5.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	9th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.2%	4th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	8th	10.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	85.8%	6th	75.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Hampshire County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Female residents	53.3%	1st	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.1%	9th	14.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Hampshire County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Housing units	62,766	11th	2,818,940	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	34.0%	8th	41.8%	25.9%
Households	58,921	10th	2,522,409	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.2%	9th	63.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$263,600	11th	$343,500	$186,200
People per household	2.3	12th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	179	10th	11,111	829,658

Income Demographics
	Hampshire County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Income per capita	$29,113	11th	$35,051	$27,915
Income per household	$60,331	9th	$65,981	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.8%	4th	10.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Hampshire County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,459	11th	169,146	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	55,451	10th	2,960,712	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	15,970	10th	596,790	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,546,067	11th	$88,082,966	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,962	13th	$13,553	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$225,453	11th	$14,917,210	$613,795,732