Baker County, Oregon Demographics

Baker County is 3rd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Baker County is 5th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income below poverty line

Baker County is 5th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - White

Baker County is 6th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Baker County is 10th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Size in square miles

Baker County is 12th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Home ownership rate

Baker County is 17th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Baker County is 18th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Baker County	Rank	Oregon	US
Current population (2012)	15,909	28th	3,899,353	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,068.4	10th	95,988.0	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	5.3	28th	39.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Baker County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	22nd	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.6%	25th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	23.3%	6th	14.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Baker County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.4%	18th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.8%	17th	29.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Baker County	Rank	Oregon	US
Race - White	95.4%	5th	88.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	26th	2.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.3%	27th	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	32nd	4.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	32nd	0.4%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	28th	3.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	34th	12.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.2%	3rd	77.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Baker County	Rank	Oregon	US
Female residents	49.3%	29th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.5%	34th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Baker County	Rank	Oregon	US
Housing units	8,833	28th	1,684,193	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.3%	23rd	23.3%	25.9%
Households	6,997	28th	1,509,554	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.2%	12th	63.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$157,600	26th	$252,600	$186,200
People per household	2.2	28th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	22	24th	10,608	829,658

Income Demographics
	Baker County	Rank	Oregon	US
Income per capita	$22,115	27th	$26,561	$27,915
Income per household	$40,989	25th	$49,850	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.0%	5th	14.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Baker County	Rank	Oregon	US
Non-farm private establishments	519	26th	106,340	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,885	26th	1,341,841	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,761	27th	348,154	27,092,908
Retail sales	$155,456	27th	$50,370,919	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,710	26th	$13,494	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$25,659	25th	$7,555,764	$613,795,732