Bedford County, Pennsylvania Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Bedford County is 5th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - White

Bedford County is 5th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Bedford County is 7th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Bedford County is 9th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Home ownership rate

Bedford County is 10th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Bedford County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	49,324	45th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,012.3	10th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	49.2	57th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Bedford County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	37th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.0%	27th	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.6%	7th	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Bedford County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.0%	56th	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.0%	63rd	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Bedford County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	98.1%	5th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	60th	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	37th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	63rd	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	45th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	62nd	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	59th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.3%	5th	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Bedford County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	50.2%	45th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.8%	63rd	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Bedford County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	23,920	45th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.8%	60th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	20,001	44th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.5%	9th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$114,700	38th	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	30th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	35	56th	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Bedford County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$20,922	57th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$40,710	55th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.1%	29th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Bedford County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,078	45th	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	12,890	52nd	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,459	45th	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$581,577	42nd	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,712	28th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$70,289	42nd	$19,625,449	$613,795,732