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

Centre County is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Centre County is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Centre County is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Income below poverty line

Centre County is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Asian

Centre County is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Centre County is 5th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Size in square miles

Centre County is 6th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Centre County is 7th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Centre County is 8th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Foreign born residents

Centre County is 11th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Home median value

Size Demographics
	Centre County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	155,171	22nd	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,109.9	5th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	138.7	36th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Centre County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	4.1%	64th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	15.6%	66th	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.9%	67th	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Centre County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.9%	2nd	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	39.8%	3rd	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Centre County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	89.6%	54th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.2%	31st	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	58th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.4%	3rd	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	6th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	20th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	27th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	87.5%	48th	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Centre County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	48.1%	63rd	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.9%	8th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Centre County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	64,115	24th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	30.4%	2nd	20.5%	25.9%
Households	56,134	25th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	59.4%	66th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$181,400	11th	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.4	47th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	862	7th	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Centre County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$24,514	25th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$48,262	24th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.9%	3rd	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Centre County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,169	24th	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	43,808	27th	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	11,078	22nd	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,604,290	24th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,134	35th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$240,050	21st	$19,625,449	$613,795,732