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

Union County is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Union County is 5th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Union County is 9th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Union County is 15th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Union County is 18th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Foreign born residents

Union County is 18th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	44,952	49th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	316.0	64th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	142.2	33rd	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	4.3%	61st	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.0%	63rd	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.4%	56th	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.7%	58th	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.6%	22nd	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	88.9%	58th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	8.0%	9th	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	5th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.2%	18th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	2nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	31st	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	15th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	84.8%	54th	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	44.9%	66th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.2%	18th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	17,190	57th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.4%	30th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	15,310	55th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.1%	35th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$148,500	22nd	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.3	65th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	53	45th	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$22,135	41st	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$46,269	29th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.0%	39th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	899	51st	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	14,932	41st	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,343	53rd	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$372,075	57th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,536	56th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$80,214	39th	$19,625,449	$613,795,732