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

Blair County is 6th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Blair County is 11th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Female residents

Blair County is 12th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Blair County is 17th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Blair County is 17th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Blair County is 20th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Blair County is 20th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Blair County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	127,121	28th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	525.8	43rd	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	241.7	23rd	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Blair County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	17th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.8%	32nd	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.5%	30th	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Blair County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.0%	12th	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.3%	40th	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Blair County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	96.2%	24th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.8%	45th	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	64th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	34th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	44th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	33rd	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	57th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	95.4%	21st	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Blair County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	51.4%	11th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	53rd	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Blair County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	56,194	27th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.0%	17th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	51,771	28th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.3%	49th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$101,500	45th	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.4	48th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	97	32nd	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Blair County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$23,561	28th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$43,243	42nd	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.8%	22nd	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Blair County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,200	23rd	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	50,360	20th	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	8,728	30th	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,038,719	20th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,182	6th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$178,855	24th	$19,625,449	$613,795,732