Arapahoe County, Colorado Demographics

Arapahoe County is 1st in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Arapahoe County is 1st in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Retail sales

Arapahoe County is 2nd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Female residents

Arapahoe County is 2nd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Arapahoe County is 2nd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Arapahoe County is 2nd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - Asian

Arapahoe County is 2nd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - Two or More

Arapahoe County is 3rd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Current population (2012)

Arapahoe County is 3rd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Households

Arapahoe County is 3rd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Arapahoe County	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	595,546	3rd	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	798.1	48th	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	716.7	3rd	48.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Arapahoe County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	17th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.9%	12th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.1%	50th	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Arapahoe County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.6%	27th	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	38.3%	18th	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Arapahoe County	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	79.1%	64th	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	10.7%	1st	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.1%	38th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.3%	2nd	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	14th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.6%	2nd	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	18.6%	23rd	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	63.0%	48th	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Arapahoe County	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	50.9%	2nd	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	14.9%	6th	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Arapahoe County	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	239,767	3rd	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	34.1%	6th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	221,136	3rd	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.1%	56th	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$231,200	26th	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.5	21st	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,717	6th	23,301	829,658

Income Demographics
	Arapahoe County	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$32,482	15th	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$59,937	19th	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.9%	35th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Arapahoe County	Rank	Colorado	US
Non-farm private establishments	16,789	2nd	150,889	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	239,377	2nd	1,972,271	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	61,951	3rd	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$9,931,962	1st	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,277	8th	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,008,531	3rd	$11,440,395	$613,795,732