Plymouth County, Massachusetts Demographics

Plymouth County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Plymouth County is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in People per household

Plymouth County is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Home ownership rate

Plymouth County is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Plymouth County is 4th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Income per household

Plymouth County is 4th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Plymouth County is 5th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Size in square miles

Plymouth County is 6th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Plymouth County is 6th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Income per capita

Plymouth County is 6th in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Size Demographics
	Plymouth County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Current population (2012)	499,759	7th	6,646,144	313,914,040
Size in square miles	659.1	5th	7,800.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	750.9	7th	839.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Plymouth County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	8th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.2%	1st	21.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.1%	6th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Plymouth County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.9%	6th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.9%	10th	38.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Plymouth County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Race - White	87.2%	10th	83.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	9.3%	3rd	7.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	12th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.4%	10th	5.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	4th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	11th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	12th	10.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	84.7%	7th	75.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Plymouth County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Female residents	51.3%	9th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.0%	10th	14.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Plymouth County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Housing units	201,419	7th	2,818,940	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	23.1%	11th	41.8%	25.9%
Households	178,996	7th	2,522,409	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.5%	3rd	63.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$350,700	8th	$343,500	$186,200
People per household	2.7	2nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	873	6th	11,111	829,658

Income Demographics
	Plymouth County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Income per capita	$34,285	6th	$35,051	$27,915
Income per household	$74,698	4th	$65,981	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.2%	13th	10.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Plymouth County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Non-farm private establishments	11,740	7th	169,146	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	147,825	8th	2,960,712	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	45,079	6th	596,790	27,092,908
Retail sales	$6,615,087	7th	$88,082,966	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,463	7th	$13,553	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$794,552	8th	$14,917,210	$613,795,732