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

Johnston County is 4th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Johnston County is 7th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in People per household

Johnston County is 7th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Johnston County is 10th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Size in square miles

Johnston County is 11th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Johnston County is 12th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Johnston County is 13th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Current population (2012)

Johnston County is 14th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Foreign born residents

Johnston County is 14th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Households

Johnston County is 14th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Income per household

Size Demographics
	Johnston County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	174,938	13th	9,752,073	313,914,040
Size in square miles	791.3	10th	48,617.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	213.4	25th	196.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Johnston County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	7.1%	11th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.3%	4th	23.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.3%	90th	13.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Johnston County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.3%	37th	84.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.8%	31st	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Johnston County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Race - White	80.9%	43rd	71.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	15.7%	56th	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	26th	1.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	52nd	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	37th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	39th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	7th	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	69.4%	52nd	64.7%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Johnston County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Female residents	50.8%	58th	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.9%	14th	7.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Johnston County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Housing units	68,539	17th	4,362,740	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.6%	64th	17.0%	25.9%
Households	60,115	14th	3,664,119	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.8%	51st	67.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$138,800	41st	$152,700	$186,200
People per household	2.7	7th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	826	12th	48,692	829,658

Income Demographics
	Johnston County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Income per capita	$22,731	37th	$25,256	$27,915
Income per household	$49,888	14th	$46,291	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.2%	73rd	16.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Johnston County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,011	17th	215,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	36,519	19th	3,284,592	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	13,283	14th	798,791	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,971,715	14th	$114,578,173	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,565	28th	$12,641	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$197,202	19th	$16,126,939	$613,795,732