Middlesex County, Connecticut Demographics

Middlesex County is 46th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per capita

Middlesex County is 1st in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Middlesex County is 2nd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Home median value

Middlesex County is 2nd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Income per capita

Middlesex County is 2nd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Middlesex County is 2nd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Middlesex County is 3rd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Home ownership rate

Middlesex County is 3rd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Income per household

Middlesex County is 3rd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Middlesex County is 4th in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Female residents

Middlesex County is 4th in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Current population (2012)	165,602	6th	3,590,347	313,914,040
Size in square miles	369.3	8th	4,842.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	448.6	4th	738.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Residents younger than 5	4.7%	6th	5.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.2%	7th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.6%	2nd	14.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.0%	1st	88.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	38.3%	2nd	35.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Race - White	90.0%	4th	82.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	5.2%	5th	11.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	8th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.8%	6th	4.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	5th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	6th	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	6th	14.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	85.7%	3rd	70.3%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Female residents	51.2%	4th	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.6%	5th	13.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Housing units	75,270	6th	1,494,019	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	22.8%	7th	34.6%	25.9%
Households	66,798	6th	1,360,115	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.1%	3rd	68.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$306,900	2nd	$293,100	$186,200
People per household	2.4	8th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	249	5th	4,669	829,658

Income Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Income per capita	$39,347	2nd	$37,627	$27,915
Income per household	$77,095	3rd	$69,243	$52,762
Income below poverty line	5.9%	8th	9.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,139	6th	88,040	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	58,100	5th	1,442,620	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	15,693	6th	332,150	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,129,195	6th	$52,165,480	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,980	6th	$14,953	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$293,408	5th	$9,138,437	$613,795,732