Benton County, Oregon Demographics

Benton County is 45th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Benton County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Benton County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Benton County is 2nd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income below poverty line

Benton County is 3rd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - Asian

Benton County is 3rd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Benton County is 5th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income per capita

Benton County is 5th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Benton County is 6th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Home median value

Benton County is 6th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Benton County is 8th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Oregon	US
Current population (2012)	86,430	11th	3,899,353	313,914,040
Size in square miles	675.9	33rd	95,988.0	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	126.6	6th	39.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents younger than 5	4.2%	33rd	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	16.8%	35th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.1%	34th	14.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	94.2%	1st	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	47.4%	1st	29.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Oregon	US
Race - White	88.7%	33rd	88.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.1%	5th	2.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	35th	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.6%	3rd	4.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	11th	0.4%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.5%	8th	3.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	23rd	12.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	82.9%	24th	77.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Oregon	US
Female residents	49.8%	25th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	9.0%	9th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Oregon	US
Housing units	36,384	12th	1,684,193	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	30.6%	3rd	23.3%	25.9%
Households	33,427	12th	1,509,554	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	57.4%	35th	63.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$268,200	6th	$252,600	$186,200
People per household	2.4	17th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	312	8th	10,608	829,658

Income Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Oregon	US
Income per capita	$26,370	5th	$26,561	$27,915
Income per household	$47,716	9th	$49,850	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.0%	2nd	14.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Oregon	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,003	11th	106,340	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	25,118	11th	1,341,841	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	7,157	12th	348,154	27,092,908
Retail sales	$685,172	15th	$50,370,919	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,398	28th	$13,494	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$134,027	11th	$7,555,764	$613,795,732