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

Chester County is 28th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per household

Chester County is 32nd out of 3,143 other counties in Income per capita

Chester County is 37th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Chester County is 44th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Chester County is 1st in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Home median value

Chester County is 1st in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Income per capita

Chester County is 1st in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Income per household

Chester County is 1st in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Chester County is 1st in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Chester County is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Chester County is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Chester County is 4th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Chester County is 4th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in People per household

Chester County is 4th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Chester County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	506,575	7th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	750.5	28th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	664.7	8th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Chester County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	12th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.1%	2nd	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.7%	65th	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Chester County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.6%	3rd	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	48.1%	1st	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Chester County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	87.4%	59th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.4%	13th	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	20th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.3%	6th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	5th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	17th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	11th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	81.5%	57th	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Chester County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	50.9%	27th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.5%	6th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Chester County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	193,919	7th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.4%	15th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	182,732	7th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.5%	25th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$333,400	1st	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	4th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,119	4th	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Chester County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$42,042	1st	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$86,264	1st	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	6.1%	65th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Chester County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	13,689	5th	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	230,867	5th	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	49,835	5th	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$11,338,422	4th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$23,255	1st	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$783,220	5th	$19,625,449	$613,795,732