Houston County, Alabama Demographics

Houston County is 1st in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Houston County is 8th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Houston County is 8th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Houston County is 8th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Retail sales

Houston County is 9th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Houston County is 10th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Houston County is 10th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Income per capita

Houston County is 10th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Houston County is 10th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Race - Two or More

Houston County is 10th in Alabama out of 67 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	Houston County	Rank	Alabama	US
Current population (2012)	103,402	12th	4,822,023	313,914,040
Size in square miles	579.8	58th	50,645.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	175.1	10th	94.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Houston County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	14th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.2%	14th	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.2%	45th	14.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Houston County	Rank	Alabama	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.9%	12th	81.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.8%	17th	22.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Houston County	Rank	Alabama	US
Race - White	70.4%	37th	70.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	26.4%	30th	26.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	27th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	15th	1.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	31st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	10th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	24th	4.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	67.8%	38th	66.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Houston County	Rank	Alabama	US
Female residents	52.1%	21st	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.2%	25th	3.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Houston County	Rank	Alabama	US
Housing units	45,706	12th	2,182,088	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.8%	14th	15.5%	25.9%
Households	38,500	12th	1,831,269	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.8%	57th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$120,500	14th	$120,800	$186,200
People per household	2.6	28th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	525	10th	13,506	829,658

Income Demographics
	Houston County	Rank	Alabama	US
Income per capita	$23,152	10th	$23,483	$27,915
Income per household	$41,766	17th	$42,934	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.1%	50th	17.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Houston County	Rank	Alabama	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,746	8th	97,743	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	43,457	8th	1,573,138	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	10,151	9th	382,350	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,909,615	8th	$57,344,851	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$19,608	1st	$12,364	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$177,224	10th	$6,426,342	$613,795,732