Washita County, Oklahoma Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Washita County is 8th in Oklahoma out of 77 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Washita County is 9th in Oklahoma out of 77 other counties in Race - White

Washita County is 11th in Oklahoma out of 77 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Washita County is 19th in Oklahoma out of 77 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Washita County	Rank	Oklahoma	US
Current population (2012)	11,622	53rd	3,814,820	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,003.2	19th	68,594.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	11.6	58th	54.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Washita County	Rank	Oklahoma	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	32nd	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.5%	11th	24.6%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.8%	42nd	14.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Washita County	Rank	Oklahoma	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.1%	34th	85.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.4%	41st	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Washita County	Rank	Oklahoma	US
Race - White	91.5%	9th	75.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.0%	61st	7.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	4.2%	58th	9.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	53rd	1.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	69th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.0%	63rd	5.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	21st	9.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	84.5%	8th	67.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Washita County	Rank	Oklahoma	US
Female residents	50.5%	33rd	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.7%	51st	5.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Washita County	Rank	Oklahoma	US
Housing units	5,467	53rd	1,674,685	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.9%	60th	15.2%	25.9%
Households	4,604	53rd	1,432,735	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.8%	46th	67.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$73,900	54th	$108,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	44th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1	60th	11,930	829,658

Income Demographics
	Washita County	Rank	Oklahoma	US
Income per capita	$22,781	23rd	$23,770	$27,915
Income per household	$44,331	24th	$44,287	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.4%	45th	16.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Washita County	Rank	Oklahoma	US
Non-farm private establishments	243	52nd	89,749	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,537	61st	1,261,590	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	979	56th	333,797	27,092,908
Retail sales	$76,437	55th	$43,095,353	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,572	56th	$11,931	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$3,256	61st	$5,106,585	$613,795,732