Douglas County, Nevada Demographics

Douglas County is 1st in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Home median value

Douglas County is 1st in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Income per capita

Douglas County is 1st in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Douglas County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Female residents

Douglas County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Douglas County is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Housing units

Douglas County is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Douglas County is 3rd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Douglas County is 4th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Households

Douglas County is 4th in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Income per household

Size Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	Nevada	US
Current population (2012)	46,996	6th	2,758,931	313,914,040
Size in square miles	709.7	15th	109,781.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	66.2	4th	24.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents younger than 5	4.5%	15th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.0%	13th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	22.4%	5th	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.0%	1st	84.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	25.3%	2nd	22.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	Nevada	US
Race - White	92.1%	4th	77.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.9%	15th	8.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.1%	12th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.8%	6th	7.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	10th	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.8%	8th	3.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	14th	27.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	82.0%	3rd	52.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	Nevada	US
Female residents	50.0%	2nd	49.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.5%	11th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	Nevada	US
Housing units	23,708	3rd	1,183,873	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.9%	8th	29.6%	25.9%
Households	19,175	4th	986,741	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.3%	5th	59.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$346,600	1st	$225,400	$186,200
People per household	2.4	11th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	47	7th	9,071	829,658

Income Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	Nevada	US
Income per capita	$35,723	1st	$27,625	$27,915
Income per household	$60,383	4th	$55,553	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.8%	15th	12.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	Nevada	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,540	4th	58,777	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	15,740	5th	1,000,610	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	6,722	4th	221,260	27,092,908
Retail sales	$670,386	5th	$37,433,983	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,645	5th	$14,579	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$680,439	3rd	$28,815,533	$613,795,732