Gloucester County, New Jersey Demographics

Gloucester County is 4th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Home ownership rate

Gloucester County is 6th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Female residents

Gloucester County is 6th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Gloucester County is 7th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in People per household

Gloucester County is 7th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Gloucester County is 8th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Race - White

Gloucester County is 8th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Gloucester County is 9th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Income per household

Gloucester County is 9th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Gloucester County is 10th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Race - Two or More

Size Demographics
	Gloucester County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Current population (2012)	289,586	14th	8,864,590	313,914,040
Size in square miles	322.0	11th	7,354.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	895.3	13th	1,195.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Gloucester County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents younger than 5	5.8%	12th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.6%	7th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.3%	14th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Gloucester County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.0%	8th	87.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.4%	15th	35.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Gloucester County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Race - White	84.5%	8th	73.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	10.5%	12th	14.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	18th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.8%	15th	9.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	14th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	10th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	21st	18.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	80.4%	6th	58.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Gloucester County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Female residents	51.5%	6th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.0%	19th	20.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Gloucester County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Housing units	110,814	15th	3,562,553	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.4%	18th	35.9%	25.9%
Households	103,548	14th	3,180,854	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.4%	4th	66.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$236,100	18th	$349,100	$186,200
People per household	2.7	7th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	534	12th	17,939	829,658

Income Demographics
	Gloucester County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Income per capita	$32,067	15th	$35,678	$27,915
Income per household	$74,830	9th	$71,180	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.3%	14th	9.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Gloucester County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,780	15th	226,878	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	84,157	15th	3,377,848	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	20,252	15th	781,622	27,092,908
Retail sales	$4,352,549	15th	$124,813,580	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,216	9th	$14,453	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$379,388	16th	$19,993,613	$613,795,732