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

Durham County is 1st in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Foreign born residents

Durham County is 1st in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Durham County is 3rd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Durham County is 3rd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Durham County is 4th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Durham County is 4th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Durham County is 4th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Race - Asian

Durham County is 4th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Durham County is 6th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Current population (2012)

Durham County is 6th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Households

Size Demographics
	Durham County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	279,641	6th	9,752,073	313,914,040
Size in square miles	286.0	84th	48,617.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	935.7	4th	196.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Durham County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	7.4%	6th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.6%	42nd	23.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.4%	94th	13.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Durham County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.9%	19th	84.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	44.3%	3rd	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Durham County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Race - White	53.0%	88th	71.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	38.8%	14th	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.0%	23rd	1.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.9%	4th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	48th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	11th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	6th	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	42.1%	91st	64.7%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Durham County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Female residents	52.4%	8th	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	14.0%	1st	7.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Durham County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Housing units	122,012	6th	4,362,740	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	35.4%	1st	17.0%	25.9%
Households	107,150	6th	3,664,119	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	55.4%	99th	67.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$178,400	16th	$152,700	$186,200
People per household	2.3	82nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,666	3rd	48,692	829,658

Income Demographics
	Durham County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Income per capita	$27,988	8th	$25,256	$27,915
Income per household	$50,078	13th	$46,291	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.1%	54th	16.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Durham County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	6,637	6th	215,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	159,417	4th	3,284,592	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	22,104	7th	798,791	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,135,341	8th	$114,578,173	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,257	30th	$12,641	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$729,319	4th	$16,126,939	$613,795,732