Nantucket County, Massachusetts Demographics

Nantucket County is 1st out of 3,143 other counties in Home median value

Nantucket County is 7th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per capita

Nantucket County is 16th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Nantucket County is 30th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per household

Nantucket County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Home median value

Nantucket County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Income per capita

Nantucket County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Income per household

Nantucket County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Nantucket County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Nantucket County is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Nantucket County is 4th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Nantucket County is 4th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Nantucket County is 4th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Nantucket County is 5th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	Nantucket County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Current population (2012)	10,298	14th	6,646,144	313,914,040
Size in square miles	45.0	14th	7,800.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	226.2	11th	839.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Nantucket County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	1st	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.1%	7th	21.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.2%	13th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Nantucket County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.1%	3rd	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	42.1%	4th	38.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Nantucket County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Race - White	89.5%	7th	83.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	7.4%	4th	7.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	14th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.4%	11th	5.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	12th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	14th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	4th	10.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	79.6%	9th	75.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Nantucket County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Female residents	48.9%	14th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	14.0%	5th	14.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Nantucket County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Housing units	11,776	14th	2,818,940	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.8%	13th	41.8%	25.9%
Households	3,745	14th	2,522,409	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.1%	5th	63.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$993,900	1st	$343,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	7th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	58	13th	11,111	829,658

Income Demographics
	Nantucket County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Income per capita	$51,456	1st	$35,051	$27,915
Income per household	$84,979	1st	$65,981	$52,762
Income below poverty line	8.8%	10th	10.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Nantucket County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Non-farm private establishments	883	14th	169,146	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,560	14th	2,960,712	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,017	14th	596,790	27,092,908
Retail sales	$342,825	14th	$88,082,966	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$30,997	1st	$13,553	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$88,915	13th	$14,917,210	$613,795,732