New Hanover County, North Carolina Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

New Hanover County is 2nd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail sales per capita

New Hanover County is 3rd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

New Hanover County is 5th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

New Hanover County is 6th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Building permits (last year)

New Hanover County is 6th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Home median value

New Hanover County is 6th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Income per capita

New Hanover County is 6th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail sales

New Hanover County is 6th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

New Hanover County is 7th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

New Hanover County is 7th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	New Hanover County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	209,234	8th	9,752,073	313,914,040
Size in square miles	191.5	99th	48,617.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,058.1	3rd	196.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	New Hanover County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	49th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.6%	78th	23.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.8%	72nd	13.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	New Hanover County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.5%	5th	84.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	36.0%	7th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	New Hanover County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Race - White	81.4%	42nd	71.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	14.6%	57th	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	57th	1.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.4%	21st	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	31st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	20th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	58th	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	76.9%	40th	64.7%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	New Hanover County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Female residents	51.7%	27th	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.4%	34th	7.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	New Hanover County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Housing units	101,828	8th	4,362,740	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	26.6%	7th	17.0%	25.9%
Households	84,825	8th	3,664,119	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	60.0%	95th	67.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$227,500	6th	$152,700	$186,200
People per household	2.3	87th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,593	6th	48,692	829,658

Income Demographics
	New Hanover County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Income per capita	$29,981	6th	$25,256	$27,915
Income per household	$48,893	16th	$46,291	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.9%	69th	16.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	New Hanover County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	6,634	7th	215,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	83,669	8th	3,284,592	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	22,306	6th	798,791	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,825,475	6th	$114,578,173	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$20,126	2nd	$12,641	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$525,548	8th	$16,126,939	$613,795,732