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

Lancaster County is 1st in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Lancaster County is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Lancaster County is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Lancaster County is 6th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

Lancaster County is 6th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Households

Lancaster County is 6th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Housing units

Lancaster County is 6th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Lancaster County is 6th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in People per household

Lancaster County is 6th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Retail sales

Lancaster County is 7th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Lancaster County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	526,823	6th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	943.8	12th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	550.4	9th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lancaster County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	2nd	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.3%	1st	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.7%	54th	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lancaster County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.3%	61st	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.2%	19th	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lancaster County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	91.3%	49th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.5%	21st	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	8th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.0%	14th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	13th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	15th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	8th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	84.1%	55th	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lancaster County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	51.1%	20th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.5%	15th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lancaster County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	204,747	6th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	19.5%	11th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	192,681	6th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.1%	58th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$187,300	10th	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	6th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,160	3rd	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lancaster County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$26,141	19th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$55,816	12th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.9%	54th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lancaster County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	12,041	7th	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	210,772	6th	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	46,957	7th	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$6,542,276	6th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,101	17th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$763,937	7th	$19,625,449	$613,795,732