Buncombe County, North Carolina Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Buncombe County is 4th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Buncombe County is 5th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Buncombe County is 5th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Buncombe County is 6th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Buncombe County is 7th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Current population (2012)

Buncombe County is 7th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Households

Buncombe County is 7th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Housing units

Buncombe County is 7th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail sales

Buncombe County is 8th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Buncombe County is 9th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Buncombe County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	244,490	7th	9,752,073	313,914,040
Size in square miles	656.7	19th	48,617.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	362.9	11th	196.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Buncombe County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	53rd	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.1%	72nd	23.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.0%	44th	13.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Buncombe County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.9%	11th	84.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.1%	9th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Buncombe County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Race - White	89.8%	29th	71.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.5%	70th	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	76th	1.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	30th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	58th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	23rd	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	46th	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	84.1%	28th	64.7%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Buncombe County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Female residents	51.9%	20th	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.7%	28th	7.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Buncombe County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Housing units	114,383	7th	4,362,740	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.4%	14th	17.0%	25.9%
Households	100,909	7th	3,664,119	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.2%	79th	67.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$192,200	12th	$152,700	$186,200
People per household	2.3	90th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	652	15th	48,692	829,658

Income Demographics
	Buncombe County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Income per capita	$26,347	18th	$25,256	$27,915
Income per household	$44,321	35th	$46,291	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.6%	71st	16.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Buncombe County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	7,171	5th	215,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	97,718	6th	3,284,592	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	29,566	4th	798,791	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,597,871	7th	$114,578,173	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,862	8th	$12,641	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$684,287	5th	$16,126,939	$613,795,732