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

Perry County is 1st in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Perry County is 5th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Home ownership rate

Perry County is 6th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Perry County is 12th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - White

Perry County is 12th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Perry County is 13th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Perry County is 14th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Income per household

Perry County is 19th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	45,701	48th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	551.5	40th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	83.4	44th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	6th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	12th	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.7%	61st	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.2%	51st	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.7%	50th	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	97.5%	12th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	56th	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	41st	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	51st	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	1st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	42nd	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	40th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.3%	13th	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	49.9%	52nd	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.9%	57th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	20,528	53rd	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.4%	59th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	18,098	48th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.6%	5th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$150,100	21st	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	19th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	47	48th	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$24,688	24th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$54,626	14th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.5%	56th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	781	57th	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,005	61st	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,477	50th	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$393,394	56th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,712	54th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$21,735	61st	$19,625,449	$613,795,732