Hartford County, Connecticut Demographics

Hartford County is 47th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales

Hartford County is 48th out of 3,143 other counties in Households

Hartford County is 48th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Hartford County is 1st in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Households

Hartford County is 1st in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Housing units

Hartford County is 1st in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Hartford County is 1st in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Hartford County is 2nd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Hartford County is 2nd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Current population (2012)

Hartford County is 2nd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Female residents

Hartford County is 2nd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Foreign born residents

Hartford County is 2nd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Income below poverty line

Hartford County is 2nd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Hartford County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Current population (2012)	897,259	2nd	3,590,347	313,914,040
Size in square miles	735.1	2nd	4,842.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,216.2	3rd	738.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Hartford County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	2nd	5.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.2%	2nd	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.1%	3rd	14.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Hartford County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.3%	7th	88.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	33.9%	4th	35.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Hartford County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Race - White	77.8%	8th	82.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	14.8%	1st	11.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	5th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.7%	2nd	4.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	7th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.2%	2nd	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	2nd	14.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	65.0%	8th	70.3%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Hartford County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Female residents	51.6%	2nd	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	14.4%	2nd	13.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Hartford County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Housing units	375,454	1st	1,494,019	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	38.6%	2nd	34.6%	25.9%
Households	348,438	1st	1,360,115	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.3%	7th	68.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$248,000	7th	$293,100	$186,200
People per household	2.5	5th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	838	2nd	4,669	829,658

Income Demographics
	Hartford County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Income per capita	$33,991	4th	$37,627	$27,915
Income per household	$64,007	6th	$69,243	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.0%	2nd	9.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Hartford County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Non-farm private establishments	22,470	2nd	88,040	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	432,172	1st	1,442,620	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	72,906	3rd	332,150	27,092,908
Retail sales	$13,820,736	2nd	$52,165,480	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,811	2nd	$14,953	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,637,963	3rd	$9,138,437	$613,795,732