Weld County, Colorado Demographics

Weld County is 3rd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Weld County is 3rd in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Size in square miles

Weld County is 8th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Weld County is 8th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Weld County is 9th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Current population (2012)

Weld County is 9th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Households

Weld County is 9th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Housing units

Weld County is 9th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Weld County is 9th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Weld County is 9th in Colorado out of 64 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	Weld County	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	263,691	9th	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	3,987.2	3rd	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	63.4	11th	48.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Weld County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	7.5%	8th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.2%	3rd	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.5%	55th	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Weld County	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.2%	46th	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	25.6%	31st	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Weld County	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	93.4%	40th	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.3%	20th	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.7%	26th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.4%	12th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	26th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	27th	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	28.4%	19th	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	67.4%	46th	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Weld County	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	49.8%	25th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	9.0%	16th	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Weld County	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	97,031	9th	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.2%	21st	25.7%	25.9%
Households	88,242	9th	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.1%	34th	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$193,300	34th	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.8	9th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,241	8th	23,301	829,658

Income Demographics
	Weld County	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$25,233	33rd	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$55,825	26th	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.8%	25th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Weld County	Rank	Colorado	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,125	9th	150,889	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	66,594	9th	1,972,271	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	23,024	9th	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,246,115	10th	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,272	41st	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$217,231	15th	$11,440,395	$613,795,732