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

Guilford County is 3rd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Current population (2012)

Guilford County is 3rd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Households

Guilford County is 3rd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Housing units

Guilford County is 3rd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Guilford County is 3rd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Guilford County is 3rd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Guilford County is 3rd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail sales

Guilford County is 3rd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Guilford County is 5th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Race - Asian

Guilford County is 5th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Guilford County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	500,879	3rd	9,752,073	313,914,040
Size in square miles	645.7	22nd	48,617.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	756.4	6th	196.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Guilford County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	28th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.1%	31st	23.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.0%	87th	13.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Guilford County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.1%	17th	84.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.8%	8th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Guilford County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Race - White	59.3%	79th	71.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	33.5%	25th	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	45th	1.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.3%	5th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	40th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	13th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	32nd	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	53.4%	77th	64.7%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Guilford County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Female residents	52.3%	11th	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	9.1%	8th	7.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Guilford County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Housing units	219,682	3rd	4,362,740	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	27.4%	5th	17.0%	25.9%
Households	192,064	3rd	3,664,119	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	62.9%	89th	67.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$156,200	30th	$152,700	$186,200
People per household	2.4	63rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,479	7th	48,692	829,658

Income Demographics
	Guilford County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Income per capita	$26,644	13th	$25,256	$27,915
Income per household	$46,288	22nd	$46,291	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.2%	64th	16.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Guilford County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	13,065	3rd	215,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	243,329	3rd	3,284,592	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	45,272	3rd	798,791	27,092,908
Retail sales	$7,252,646	3rd	$114,578,173	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,600	9th	$12,641	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,044,546	3rd	$16,126,939	$613,795,732