Deschutes County, Oregon Demographics

Deschutes County is 2nd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Deschutes County is 2nd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Deschutes County is 4th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Home median value

Deschutes County is 4th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income per capita

Deschutes County is 5th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Deschutes County is 5th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Deschutes County is 5th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Deschutes County is 6th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income per household

Deschutes County is 7th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Current population (2012)

Deschutes County is 7th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Female residents

Size Demographics
	Deschutes County	Rank	Oregon	US
Current population (2012)	162,277	7th	3,899,353	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,018.2	11th	95,988.0	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	52.3	11th	39.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Deschutes County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	16th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.2%	14th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.7%	21st	14.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Deschutes County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.3%	2nd	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	29.8%	5th	29.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Deschutes County	Rank	Oregon	US
Race - White	94.9%	7th	88.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	28th	2.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.1%	34th	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	21st	4.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	28th	0.4%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.4%	26th	3.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	20th	12.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	88.2%	12th	77.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Deschutes County	Rank	Oregon	US
Female residents	50.7%	7th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.4%	20th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Deschutes County	Rank	Oregon	US
Housing units	80,599	7th	1,684,193	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.6%	16th	23.3%	25.9%
Households	63,935	7th	1,509,554	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.9%	19th	63.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$290,400	4th	$252,600	$186,200
People per household	2.4	13th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	801	5th	10,608	829,658

Income Demographics
	Deschutes County	Rank	Oregon	US
Income per capita	$27,965	4th	$26,561	$27,915
Income per household	$52,962	6th	$49,850	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.4%	32nd	14.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Deschutes County	Rank	Oregon	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,695	7th	106,340	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	51,078	7th	1,341,841	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	21,423	7th	348,154	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,809,059	7th	$50,370,919	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,311	2nd	$13,494	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$416,425	5th	$7,555,764	$613,795,732