Imperial County, California Demographics

Imperial County is 17th out of 3,143 other counties in Foreign born residents

Imperial County is 17th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Imperial County is 34th out of 3,143 other counties in People per household

Imperial County is 1st in California out of 58 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Imperial County is 3rd in California out of 58 other counties in Income below poverty line

Imperial County is 3rd in California out of 58 other counties in People per household

Imperial County is 5th in California out of 58 other counties in Foreign born residents

Imperial County is 7th in California out of 58 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Imperial County is 8th in California out of 58 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Imperial County is 10th in California out of 58 other counties in Size in square miles

Imperial County is 13th in California out of 58 other counties in Race - White

Imperial County is 17th in California out of 58 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Imperial County is 20th in California out of 58 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Imperial County	Rank	California	US
Current population (2012)	176,948	31st	38,041,430	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4,176.6	10th	155,779.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	41.8	40th	239.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Imperial County	Rank	California	US
Residents younger than 5	8.1%	8th	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.6%	7th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.0%	46th	12.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Imperial County	Rank	California	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	63.4%	58th	80.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.8%	53rd	30.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Imperial County	Rank	California	US
Race - White	89.5%	13th	73.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.7%	20th	6.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.6%	26th	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.3%	39th	13.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	49th	0.5%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	58th	3.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	81.2%	1st	38.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	58th	39.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Imperial County	Rank	California	US
Female residents	48.6%	48th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	32.0%	5th	27.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Imperial County	Rank	California	US
Housing units	56,285	32nd	13,720,462	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.9%	17th	30.8%	25.9%
Households	48,117	33rd	12,433,172	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	55.7%	48th	56.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$169,600	57th	$421,600	$186,200
People per household	3.3	3rd	2.9	2.6
Building permits (last year)	287	24th	58,549	829,658

Income Demographics
	Imperial County	Rank	California	US
Income per capita	$16,593	58th	$29,634	$27,915
Income per household	$39,402	53rd	$61,632	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.3%	3rd	14.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Imperial County	Rank	California	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,350	35th	849,316	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	29,516	33rd	12,698,427	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	10,129	34th	3,425,510	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,727,258	31st	$455,032,270	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,771	34th	$12,561	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$167,799	37th	$80,852,787	$613,795,732