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

Cabarrus County is 4th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Cabarrus County is 5th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Cabarrus County is 8th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Cabarrus County is 9th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Cabarrus County is 9th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Income per household

Cabarrus County is 9th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Race - Asian

Cabarrus County is 9th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Cabarrus County is 9th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail sales

Cabarrus County is 11th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Current population (2012)

Cabarrus County is 13th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Households

Size Demographics
	Cabarrus County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	184,498	11th	9,752,073	313,914,040
Size in square miles	361.8	72nd	48,617.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	492.1	8th	196.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Cabarrus County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	6.8%	15th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.9%	5th	23.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.8%	89th	13.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Cabarrus County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.5%	23rd	84.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	24.1%	19th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Cabarrus County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Race - White	78.8%	47th	71.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	16.2%	54th	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	50th	1.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.4%	9th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	57th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	30th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	24th	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	70.5%	50th	64.7%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Cabarrus County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Female residents	51.2%	44th	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.1%	17th	7.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Cabarrus County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Housing units	73,110	13th	4,362,740	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.8%	24th	17.0%	25.9%
Households	64,430	13th	3,664,119	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.6%	44th	67.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$168,200	20th	$152,700	$186,200
People per household	2.7	13th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,244	9th	48,692	829,658

Income Demographics
	Cabarrus County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Income per capita	$25,898	19th	$25,256	$27,915
Income per household	$54,280	9th	$46,291	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.9%	92nd	16.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Cabarrus County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,828	13th	215,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	54,912	13th	3,284,592	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	14,369	13th	798,791	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,807,782	9th	$114,578,173	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$17,253	4th	$12,641	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$321,521	9th	$16,126,939	$613,795,732