Malheur County, Oregon Demographics

Malheur County is 25th out of 3,143 other counties in Size in square miles

Malheur County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income below poverty line

Malheur County is 2nd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Malheur County is 2nd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Malheur County is 2nd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Size in square miles

Malheur County is 3rd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in People per household

Malheur County is 3rd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Malheur County is 5th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Malheur County is 7th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Foreign born residents

Malheur County is 7th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Malheur County is 8th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Malheur County	Rank	Oregon	US
Current population (2012)	30,630	20th	3,899,353	313,914,040
Size in square miles	9,887.5	2nd	95,988.0	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3.2	29th	39.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Malheur County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents younger than 5	7.1%	2nd	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.1%	5th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.4%	27th	14.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Malheur County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	79.6%	35th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.2%	34th	29.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Malheur County	Rank	Oregon	US
Race - White	92.5%	22nd	88.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.4%	3rd	2.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.0%	14th	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.8%	8th	4.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	17th	0.4%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.2%	29th	3.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	32.5%	2nd	12.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	62.5%	35th	77.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Malheur County	Rank	Oregon	US
Female residents	45.9%	36th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	10.3%	7th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Malheur County	Rank	Oregon	US
Housing units	11,700	22nd	1,684,193	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.5%	18th	23.3%	25.9%
Households	10,243	23rd	1,509,554	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.7%	25th	63.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$143,600	30th	$252,600	$186,200
People per household	2.7	3rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	24	23rd	10,608	829,658

Income Demographics
	Malheur County	Rank	Oregon	US
Income per capita	$16,703	36th	$26,561	$27,915
Income per household	$39,013	30th	$49,850	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.6%	1st	14.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Malheur County	Rank	Oregon	US
Non-farm private establishments	710	22nd	106,340	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	8,232	20th	1,341,841	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,944	25th	348,154	27,092,908
Retail sales	$484,644	18th	$50,370,919	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,637	7th	$13,494	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$45,264	22nd	$7,555,764	$613,795,732