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

Forsyth County is 4th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Current population (2012)

Forsyth County is 4th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Households

Forsyth County is 4th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Housing units

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

Forsyth County is 4th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail sales

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

Forsyth County is 5th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Forsyth County is 5th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Forsyth County is 6th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Female residents

Forsyth County is 6th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	Forsyth County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	358,137	4th	9,752,073	313,914,040
Size in square miles	408.1	60th	48,617.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	859.2	5th	196.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Forsyth County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	16th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.0%	22nd	23.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.6%	85th	13.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Forsyth County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.3%	14th	84.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	31.3%	11th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Forsyth County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Race - White	68.0%	64th	71.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	27.1%	35th	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	31st	1.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.1%	13th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	46th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	18th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	11th	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	58.3%	70th	64.7%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Forsyth County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Female residents	52.5%	6th	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	9.0%	9th	7.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Forsyth County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Housing units	157,710	4th	4,362,740	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	25.4%	9th	17.0%	25.9%
Households	137,682	4th	3,664,119	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.9%	81st	67.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$150,800	36th	$152,700	$186,200
People per household	2.5	62nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,136	11th	48,692	829,658

Income Demographics
	Forsyth County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Income per capita	$26,424	15th	$25,256	$27,915
Income per household	$46,417	21st	$46,291	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.3%	62nd	16.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Forsyth County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	8,197	4th	215,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	159,288	5th	3,284,592	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	29,162	5th	798,791	27,092,908
Retail sales	$5,202,887	4th	$114,578,173	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,953	14th	$12,641	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$646,828	6th	$16,126,939	$613,795,732