Dare County, North Carolina Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Dare County is 31st out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Dare County is 1st in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Home median value

Dare County is 1st in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Dare County is 1st in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Dare County is 5th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Income per capita

Dare County is 8th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Income per household

Dare County is 10th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Dare County is 11th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Race - White

Dare County is 15th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Dare County is 17th in North Carolina out of 100 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Dare County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	34,573	68th	9,752,073	313,914,040
Size in square miles	383.4	68th	48,617.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	88.5	61st	196.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Dare County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	70th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.7%	76th	23.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.9%	45th	13.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Dare County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.0%	1st	84.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	31.6%	10th	26.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Dare County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Race - White	94.4%	11th	71.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.8%	87th	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	85th	1.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	65th	2.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	49th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	48th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	40th	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	88.2%	17th	64.7%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Dare County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Female residents	50.3%	80th	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.1%	36th	7.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Dare County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Housing units	33,639	40th	4,362,740	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.9%	32nd	17.0%	25.9%
Households	15,234	63rd	3,664,119	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.6%	59th	67.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$321,200	1st	$152,700	$186,200
People per household	2.2	96th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	221	32nd	48,692	829,658

Income Demographics
	Dare County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Income per capita	$31,410	5th	$25,256	$27,915
Income per household	$54,750	8th	$46,291	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.1%	96th	16.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Dare County	Rank	North Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,864	30th	215,113	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	12,849	52nd	3,284,592	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	6,997	33rd	798,791	27,092,908
Retail sales	$869,102	34th	$114,578,173	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$25,548	1st	$12,641	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$248,321	15th	$16,126,939	$613,795,732