Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Demographics

Allegheny County is 17th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Allegheny County is 22nd out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales

Allegheny County is 25th out of 3,143 other counties in Housing units

Allegheny County is 25th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Allegheny County is 26th out of 3,143 other counties in Households

Allegheny County is 31st out of 3,143 other counties in Current population (2012)

Allegheny County is 37th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Allegheny County is 45th out of 3,143 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Allegheny County is 1st in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Allegheny County is 1st in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Allegheny County is 1st in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Retail sales

Allegheny County is 1st in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Allegheny County is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Allegheny County is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

Allegheny County is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Households

Allegheny County is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Housing units

Allegheny County is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Allegheny County is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Allegheny County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	1,229,338	2nd	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	730.1	29th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,675.6	3rd	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Allegheny County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	35th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.3%	55th	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.9%	43rd	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Allegheny County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.0%	7th	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	34.5%	6th	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Allegheny County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	81.5%	62nd	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	13.4%	6th	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	50th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.1%	10th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	48th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	10th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	34th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	80.2%	58th	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Allegheny County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	52.0%	4th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.7%	14th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Allegheny County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	588,591	2nd	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	27.0%	4th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	523,175	2nd	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.4%	64th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$118,700	36th	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.3	67th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,500	2nd	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Allegheny County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$30,530	6th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$49,805	20th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.4%	34th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Allegheny County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	33,339	1st	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	679,125	1st	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	95,698	1st	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$20,075,411	1st	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,456	5th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,540,334	2nd	$19,625,449	$613,795,732