Thurston County, Washington Demographics

Thurston County is 25th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Thurston County is 3rd in Washington out of 39 other counties in Income per household

Thurston County is 3rd in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Thurston County is 3rd in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Thurston County is 3rd in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - Two or More

Thurston County is 4th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Female residents

Thurston County is 5th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - Asian

Thurston County is 6th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Current population (2012)

Thurston County is 6th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Households

Thurston County is 6th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Housing units

Thurston County is 6th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Income per capita

Size Demographics
	Thurston County	Rank	Washington	US
Current population (2012)	258,332	6th	6,897,012	313,914,040
Size in square miles	722.0	32nd	66,455.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	349.4	6th	101.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Thurston County	Rank	Washington	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	16th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.4%	17th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.0%	27th	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Thurston County	Rank	Washington	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.0%	6th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.5%	6th	31.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Thurston County	Rank	Washington	US
Race - White	83.9%	33rd	81.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.1%	3rd	3.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.6%	26th	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.4%	5th	7.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.9%	3rd	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	5.1%	3rd	4.3%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	23rd	11.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	77.8%	25th	71.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Thurston County	Rank	Washington	US
Female residents	51.1%	4th	50.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.3%	17th	12.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Thurston County	Rank	Washington	US
Housing units	109,965	6th	2,907,490	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.7%	12th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	100,147	6th	2,602,568	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.4%	25th	64.4%	66.1%
Home median value	$259,500	11th	$283,200	$186,200
People per household	2.4	22nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,012	7th	28,118	829,658

Income Demographics
	Thurston County	Rank	Washington	US
Income per capita	$30,331	6th	$30,481	$27,915
Income per household	$63,129	3rd	$58,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.5%	36th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Thurston County	Rank	Washington	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,733	7th	173,511	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	63,511	7th	2,355,123	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	20,125	7th	551,340	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,102,980	6th	$92,968,519	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,999	8th	$14,380	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$346,683	8th	$12,389,422	$613,795,732