Jefferson County, Texas Demographics

Jefferson County is 1st in Texas out of 254 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Jefferson County is 13th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Jefferson County is 14th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Race - Asian

Jefferson County is 14th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Retail sales

Jefferson County is 15th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Jefferson County is 16th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Jefferson County is 17th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Jefferson County is 19th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Households

Jefferson County is 19th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Housing units

Jefferson County is 20th in Texas out of 254 other counties in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Texas	US
Current population (2012)	251,813	20th	26,059,203	313,914,040
Size in square miles	876.3	174th	261,231.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	287.9	21st	96.3	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents younger than 5	6.8%	107th	7.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.8%	146th	26.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.9%	190th	10.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Texas	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.1%	79th	80.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.0%	89th	26.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Texas	US
Race - White	59.6%	253rd	80.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	34.2%	1st	12.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.0%	138th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.7%	14th	4.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	69th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	110th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	176th	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	43.4%	198th	44.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Texas	US
Female residents	48.9%	195th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	10.0%	69th	16.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Texas	US
Housing units	105,562	19th	10,098,750	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	20.7%	25th	24.0%	25.9%
Households	91,432	19th	8,667,807	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.4%	224th	64.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$93,100	79th	$126,400	$186,200
People per household	2.6	169th	2.8	2.6
Building permits (last year)	995	26th	135,514	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Texas	US
Income per capita	$22,643	102nd	$25,548	$27,915
Income per household	$42,883	131st	$50,920	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.9%	86th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Texas	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,725	16th	525,420	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	100,093	15th	8,987,663	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	17,642	20th	2,164,852	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,973,125	14th	$311,334,781	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,453	13th	$13,061	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$387,509	17th	$42,054,592	$613,795,732