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

Gaston County is 7th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Gaston County is 9th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Households

Gaston County is 9th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Housing units

Gaston County is 10th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Current population (2012)

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

Gaston County is 11th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Gaston County is 12th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Gaston County is 12th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail sales

Gaston County is 14th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Gaston County is 19th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Gaston County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	208,049	10th	9,752,073	313,914,040
Size in square miles	356.0	73rd	48,617.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	578.8	7th	196.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Gaston County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	6.3%	26th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.5%	27th	23.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.2%	76th	13.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Gaston County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.1%	57th	84.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.0%	43rd	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Gaston County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Race - White	80.8%	44th	71.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	15.7%	55th	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	81st	1.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.3%	25th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	44th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	41st	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	51st	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	75.4%	41st	64.7%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Gaston County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Female residents	51.7%	29th	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.8%	42nd	7.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Gaston County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Housing units	89,136	9th	4,362,740	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.0%	23rd	17.0%	25.9%
Households	78,571	9th	3,664,119	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	68.5%	70th	67.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$124,300	56th	$152,700	$186,200
People per household	2.6	28th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	442	19th	48,692	829,658

Income Demographics
	Gaston County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Income per capita	$22,808	36th	$25,256	$27,915
Income per household	$43,052	43rd	$46,291	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.6%	61st	16.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Gaston County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,868	12th	215,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	58,661	10th	3,284,592	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	15,631	11th	798,791	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,245,345	12th	$114,578,173	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,096	38th	$12,641	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$253,421	14th	$16,126,939	$613,795,732