Washington County, Minnesota Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Washington County is 16th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Washington County is 1st in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Washington County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Home median value

Washington County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Income per capita

Washington County is 3rd in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Income per household

Washington County is 4th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Washington County is 5th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Washington County is 5th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Current population (2012)

Washington County is 5th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Households

Washington County is 5th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Washington County is 5th in Minnesota out of 87 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Current population (2012)	244,088	5th	5,379,139	313,914,040
Size in square miles	384.3	84th	79,626.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	619.7	5th	66.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	41st	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.6%	9th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.7%	81st	13.6%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	95.9%	1st	91.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	40.0%	4th	31.8%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Race - White	88.2%	74th	86.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.0%	6th	5.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	47th	1.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.3%	6th	4.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	44th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	19th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	36th	4.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	85.0%	73rd	82.4%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Female residents	50.5%	19th	50.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.0%	12th	7.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Housing units	93,077	6th	2,354,034	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.8%	33rd	21.6%	25.9%
Households	87,446	5th	2,094,265	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	83.0%	12th	73.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$257,200	3rd	$201,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	8th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	828	5th	16,095	829,658

Income Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Income per capita	$36,786	3rd	$30,310	$27,915
Income per household	$79,571	3rd	$58,476	$52,762
Income below poverty line	5.7%	84th	11.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Minnesota	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,313	6th	144,606	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	67,716	8th	2,393,746	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	20,974	5th	496,657	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,690,704	6th	$71,384,103	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,886	31st	$13,751	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$340,899	7th	$10,423,660	$613,795,732