Douglas County, Colorado Demographics

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

Douglas County is 7th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per household

Douglas County is 13th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Douglas County is 28th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per capita

Douglas County is 1st in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Income per household

Douglas County is 1st in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Douglas County is 2nd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Douglas County is 3rd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Douglas County is 3rd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Douglas County is 4th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Income per capita

Douglas County is 4th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Race - Asian

Douglas County is 6th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Home ownership rate

Douglas County is 7th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in People per household

Douglas County is 7th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	298,215	8th	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	840.2	47th	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	339.7	7th	48.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	16th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	29.2%	1st	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	8.6%	63rd	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	97.5%	2nd	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	54.6%	3rd	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	91.9%	48th	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.3%	18th	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	60th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.9%	4th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	42nd	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	20th	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	51st	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	84.7%	22nd	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	50.4%	10th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.0%	29th	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	108,344	8th	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	15.5%	23rd	25.7%	25.9%
Households	100,795	8th	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.5%	6th	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$337,900	12th	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.8	7th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,300	3rd	23,301	829,658

Income Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$43,461	4th	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$101,193	1st	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	3.5%	64th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Douglas County	Rank	Colorado	US
Non-farm private establishments	7,414	8th	150,889	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	78,310	8th	1,972,271	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	32,992	7th	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,765,450	8th	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,846	20th	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$435,099	9th	$11,440,395	$613,795,732