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

Catawba County is 5th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Catawba County is 6th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Race - Asian

Catawba County is 9th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Catawba County is 10th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Catawba County is 10th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Catawba County is 10th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail sales

Catawba County is 12th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Catawba County is 13th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Catawba County is 17th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Current population (2012)

Catawba County is 17th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Households

Size Demographics
	Catawba County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	154,339	17th	9,752,073	313,914,040
Size in square miles	398.7	62nd	48,617.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	387.1	10th	196.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Catawba County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	5.8%	40th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.2%	29th	23.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.4%	62nd	13.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Catawba County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.4%	47th	84.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.7%	33rd	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Catawba County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Race - White	85.3%	34th	71.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	8.7%	68th	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	70th	1.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.7%	6th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	53rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	44th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	26th	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	77.7%	37th	64.7%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Catawba County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Female residents	51.0%	51st	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.0%	18th	7.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Catawba County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Housing units	67,922	18th	4,362,740	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.4%	17th	17.0%	25.9%
Households	58,850	17th	3,664,119	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.4%	60th	67.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$129,000	49th	$152,700	$186,200
People per household	2.6	25th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	126	41st	48,692	829,658

Income Demographics
	Catawba County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Income per capita	$23,489	31st	$25,256	$27,915
Income per household	$43,733	36th	$46,291	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.4%	84th	16.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Catawba County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,077	10th	215,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	76,028	9th	3,284,592	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	14,417	12th	798,791	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,683,077	10th	$114,578,173	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$17,251	5th	$12,641	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$272,070	13th	$16,126,939	$613,795,732