Monroe County, Ohio Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Monroe County is 2nd in Ohio out of 88 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Monroe County is 2nd in Ohio out of 88 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Monroe County is 3rd in Ohio out of 88 other counties in Race - White

Monroe County is 11th in Ohio out of 88 other counties in Home ownership rate

Monroe County is 15th in Ohio out of 88 other counties in Income below poverty line

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Ohio	US
Current population (2012)	14,549	87th	11,544,225	313,914,040
Size in square miles	455.7	40th	40,860.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	32.1	88th	282.3	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Ohio	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	72nd	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.8%	81st	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.9%	2nd	14.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Ohio	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.9%	55th	87.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	9.0%	84th	24.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Ohio	US
Race - White	98.0%	3rd	83.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	81st	12.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	86th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	87th	1.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	31st	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	67th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	86th	3.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.6%	2nd	80.7%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Ohio	US
Female residents	49.8%	79th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.4%	78th	3.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Ohio	US
Housing units	7,580	86th	5,133,446	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.3%	84th	22.9%	25.9%
Households	6,167	86th	4,554,007	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.0%	11th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$88,900	79th	$135,600	$186,200
People per household	2.4	83rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	86th	16,905	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Ohio	US
Income per capita	$20,473	67th	$25,618	$27,915
Income per household	$38,811	77th	$48,071	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.1%	15th	14.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	Ohio	US
Non-farm private establishments	252	85th	250,476	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,216	83rd	4,432,849	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,187	85th	897,939	27,092,908
Retail sales	$62,611	85th	$138,816,008	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,401	84th	$12,049	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$4,292	87th	$17,779,905	$613,795,732

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