Sherman County, Oregon Demographics

Sherman County is 13th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Sherman County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Sherman County is 4th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - White

Sherman County is 5th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Sherman County is 8th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Sherman County is 9th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income below poverty line

Sherman County is 9th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Sherman County is 9th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Sherman County is 11th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income per household

Sherman County is 14th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income per capita

Size Demographics
	Sherman County	Rank	Oregon	US
Current population (2012)	1,732	35th	3,899,353	313,914,040
Size in square miles	823.7	29th	95,988.0	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2.1	31st	39.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Sherman County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents younger than 5	4.0%	36th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.3%	30th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	22.9%	8th	14.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Sherman County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.3%	9th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.9%	30th	29.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Sherman County	Rank	Oregon	US
Race - White	95.7%	4th	88.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	33rd	2.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.4%	9th	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	36th	4.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	33rd	0.4%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	36th	3.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	24th	12.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.2%	5th	77.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Sherman County	Rank	Oregon	US
Female residents	49.7%	26th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.9%	23rd	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Sherman County	Rank	Oregon	US
Housing units	906	35th	1,684,193	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.0%	34th	23.3%	25.9%
Households	835	35th	1,509,554	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.5%	21st	63.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$128,800	32nd	$252,600	$186,200
People per household	2.3	24th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	32nd	10,608	829,658

Income Demographics
	Sherman County	Rank	Oregon	US
Income per capita	$24,123	14th	$26,561	$27,915
Income per household	$46,453	11th	$49,850	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.6%	9th	14.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Sherman County	Rank	Oregon	US
Non-farm private establishments	50	35th	106,340	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	364	35th	1,341,841	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	146	34th	348,154	27,092,908
Retail sales	$56,043	32nd	$50,370,919	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$33,162	1st	$13,494	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$5,895	32nd	$7,555,764	$613,795,732