Benton County, Washington Demographics

Benton County is 5th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Income per household

Benton County is 5th in Washington out of 39 other counties in People per household

Benton County is 5th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Benton County is 5th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Benton County is 6th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Benton County is 6th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Benton County is 8th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Benton County is 9th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Benton County is 9th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Benton County is 10th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Washington	US
Current population (2012)	182,398	10th	6,897,012	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,700.4	22nd	66,455.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	103	9th	101.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Washington	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	5th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.6%	5th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.4%	31st	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Washington	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.2%	22nd	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.7%	12th	31.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Washington	US
Race - White	91.5%	18th	81.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.5%	13th	3.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.2%	32nd	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.9%	10th	7.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	29th	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.7%	28th	4.3%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	8th	11.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	73.8%	28th	71.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Washington	US
Female residents	49.9%	21st	50.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	9.5%	15th	12.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Washington	US
Housing units	69,580	10th	2,907,490	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.8%	10th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	63,240	10th	2,602,568	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.6%	18th	64.4%	66.1%
Home median value	$173,500	27th	$283,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	5th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,094	6th	28,118	829,658

Income Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Washington	US
Income per capita	$27,673	10th	$30,481	$27,915
Income per household	$59,974	5th	$58,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.2%	28th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Benton County	Rank	Washington	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,919	10th	173,511	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	59,670	9th	2,355,123	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	11,137	10th	551,340	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,122,018	11th	$92,968,519	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,309	6th	$14,380	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$238,019	11th	$12,389,422	$613,795,732