Norfolk County, Massachusetts Demographics

Norfolk County is 27th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per capita

Norfolk County is 36th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Norfolk County is 38th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per household

Norfolk County is 50th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Asian

Norfolk County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Income per capita

Norfolk County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Income per household

Norfolk County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - Asian

Norfolk County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Norfolk County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Norfolk County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Retail sales

Norfolk County is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Female residents

Norfolk County is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Foreign born residents

Norfolk County is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Norfolk County is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Norfolk County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Current population (2012)	681,845	5th	6,646,144	313,914,040
Size in square miles	396.1	10th	7,800.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,693.6	3rd	839.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Norfolk County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents younger than 5	5.3%	9th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.9%	5th	21.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.1%	5th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Norfolk County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.5%	2nd	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	48.2%	2nd	38.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Norfolk County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Race - White	82.3%	13th	83.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.4%	5th	7.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	13th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	9.3%	2nd	5.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	13th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	12th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	10th	10.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	79.5%	10th	75.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Norfolk County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Female residents	52.1%	3rd	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	15.0%	3rd	14.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Norfolk County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Housing units	271,502	5th	2,818,940	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	37.1%	6th	41.8%	25.9%
Households	255,944	5th	2,522,409	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.4%	4th	63.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$398,100	4th	$343,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	6th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,031	5th	11,111	829,658

Income Demographics
	Norfolk County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Income per capita	$43,685	2nd	$35,051	$27,915
Income per household	$83,733	2nd	$65,981	$52,762
Income below poverty line	6.3%	14th	10.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Norfolk County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Non-farm private establishments	18,987	3rd	169,146	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	312,576	3rd	2,960,712	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	68,025	3rd	596,790	27,092,908
Retail sales	$11,241,440	2nd	$88,082,966	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$17,133	4th	$13,553	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,294,000	4th	$14,917,210	$613,795,732