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

Chatham County is 4th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Income per capita

Chatham County is 5th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Income per household

Chatham County is 6th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Chatham County is 7th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Foreign born residents

Chatham County is 8th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Chatham County is 9th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Home median value

Chatham County is 12th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Home ownership rate

Chatham County is 17th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Chatham County is 18th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Size in square miles

Chatham County is 20th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	Chatham County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	65,976	40th	9,752,073	313,914,040
Size in square miles	682.2	18th	48,617.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	93.1	58th	196.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Chatham County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	5.3%	65th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.0%	69th	23.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.6%	17th	13.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Chatham County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.0%	26th	84.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	36.5%	6th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Chatham County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Race - White	82.3%	41st	71.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	13.5%	58th	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.3%	20th	1.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.3%	23rd	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	52nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	55th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	8th	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	71.3%	49th	64.7%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Chatham County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Female residents	51.9%	21st	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	10.4%	7th	7.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Chatham County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Housing units	29,246	43rd	4,362,740	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.4%	66th	17.0%	25.9%
Households	25,251	41st	3,664,119	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.7%	12th	67.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$204,100	9th	$152,700	$186,200
People per household	2.5	59th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	365	22nd	48,692	829,658

Income Demographics
	Chatham County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Income per capita	$31,465	4th	$25,256	$27,915
Income per household	$56,935	5th	$46,291	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.4%	94th	16.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Chatham County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,226	46th	215,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	12,996	49th	3,284,592	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,813	40th	798,791	27,092,908
Retail sales	$559,438	51st	$114,578,173	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,113	62nd	$12,641	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$39,556	55th	$16,126,939	$613,795,732