Spokane County, Washington Demographics

Spokane County is 3rd in Washington out of 39 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Spokane County is 4th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Current population (2012)

Spokane County is 4th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Households

Spokane County is 4th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Housing units

Spokane County is 4th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Spokane County is 4th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Spokane County is 4th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Spokane County is 4th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Retail sales

Spokane County is 4th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Spokane County is 5th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Spokane County	Rank	Washington	US
Current population (2012)	475,735	4th	6,897,012	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,763.8	19th	66,455.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	267.2	8th	101.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Spokane County	Rank	Washington	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	13th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	15th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.8%	29th	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Spokane County	Rank	Washington	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.5%	8th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	28.6%	10th	31.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Spokane County	Rank	Washington	US
Race - White	90.2%	23rd	81.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.8%	11th	3.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.7%	21st	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.2%	12th	7.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.4%	9th	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.7%	12th	4.3%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	31st	11.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	86.3%	11th	71.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Spokane County	Rank	Washington	US
Female residents	50.5%	8th	50.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.4%	24th	12.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Spokane County	Rank	Washington	US
Housing units	203,159	4th	2,907,490	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.2%	6th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	185,983	4th	2,602,568	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.7%	30th	64.4%	66.1%
Home median value	$192,800	22nd	$283,200	$186,200
People per household	2.4	25th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,353	5th	28,118	829,658

Income Demographics
	Spokane County	Rank	Washington	US
Income per capita	$25,752	15th	$30,481	$27,915
Income per household	$49,257	16th	$58,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.4%	22nd	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Spokane County	Rank	Washington	US
Non-farm private establishments	12,151	4th	173,511	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	169,532	4th	2,355,123	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	38,017	4th	551,340	27,092,908
Retail sales	$6,741,223	4th	$92,968,519	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,777	3rd	$14,380	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$780,200	4th	$12,389,422	$613,795,732