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

Iredell County is 9th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Iredell County is 10th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Income per household

Iredell County is 10th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Race - Asian

Iredell County is 10th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Iredell County is 11th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Iredell County is 11th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail sales

Iredell County is 12th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Income per capita

Iredell County is 13th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Iredell County is 15th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Iredell County is 16th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Iredell County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	162,708	16th	9,752,073	313,914,040
Size in square miles	573.8	26th	48,617.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	277.8	17th	196.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Iredell County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	5.8%	42nd	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.6%	15th	23.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.7%	82nd	13.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Iredell County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.0%	31st	84.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	22.6%	23rd	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Iredell County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Race - White	83.3%	38th	71.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	12.3%	61st	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	79th	1.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.2%	10th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	38th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	45th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	37th	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	77.2%	39th	64.7%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Iredell County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Female residents	50.8%	60th	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.9%	40th	7.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Iredell County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Housing units	69,168	16th	4,362,740	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.1%	30th	17.0%	25.9%
Households	58,879	16th	3,664,119	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.3%	38th	67.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$168,300	19th	$152,700	$186,200
People per household	2.6	16th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	464	17th	48,692	829,658

Income Demographics
	Iredell County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Income per capita	$26,685	12th	$25,256	$27,915
Income per household	$51,139	10th	$46,291	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.3%	89th	16.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Iredell County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,231	9th	215,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	57,570	11th	3,284,592	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	15,888	10th	798,791	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,288,865	11th	$114,578,173	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,114	13th	$12,641	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$246,678	16th	$16,126,939	$613,795,732