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

Wake County is 5th out of 3,143 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Wake County is 43rd out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Wake County is 48th out of 3,143 other counties in Current population (2012)

Wake County is 49th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Wake County is 1st in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Wake County is 1st in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Income per household

Wake County is 2nd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Current population (2012)

Wake County is 2nd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Households

Wake County is 2nd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Housing units

Wake County is 2nd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Income per capita

Wake County is 2nd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Wake County is 2nd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Wake County is 2nd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Wake County is 2nd in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Wake County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	952,151	2nd	9,752,073	313,914,040
Size in square miles	835.2	7th	48,617.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,078.8	2nd	196.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Wake County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	6.8%	14th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.5%	9th	23.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.2%	98th	13.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Wake County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.8%	2nd	84.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	47.9%	2nd	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Wake County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Race - White	69.6%	63rd	71.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	21.4%	44th	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	34th	1.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.8%	2nd	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	21st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	10th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	20th	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	61.6%	64th	64.7%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Wake County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Female residents	51.3%	40th	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	12.8%	4th	7.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Wake County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Housing units	377,264	2nd	4,362,740	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	26.6%	8th	17.0%	25.9%
Households	334,302	2nd	3,664,119	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.6%	76th	67.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$227,600	5th	$152,700	$186,200
People per household	2.6	27th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	11,918	1st	48,692	829,658

Income Demographics
	Wake County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Income per capita	$33,161	2nd	$25,256	$27,915
Income per household	$65,289	1st	$46,291	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.1%	97th	16.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Wake County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	24,943	2nd	215,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	373,012	2nd	3,284,592	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	82,932	2nd	798,791	27,092,908
Retail sales	$12,598,141	2nd	$114,578,173	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,147	12th	$12,641	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,726,633	2nd	$16,126,939	$613,795,732