New Haven County, Connecticut Demographics

New Haven County is 50th out of 3,143 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

New Haven County is 1st in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Female residents

New Haven County is 1st in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Income below poverty line

New Haven County is 1st in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

New Haven County is 2nd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Housing units

New Haven County is 2nd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

New Haven County is 2nd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Race - Black or African American

New Haven County is 2nd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

New Haven County is 3rd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Building permits (last year)

New Haven County is 3rd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Current population (2012)

New Haven County is 3rd in Connecticut out of 8 other counties in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	New Haven County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Current population (2012)	862,813	3rd	3,590,347	313,914,040
Size in square miles	604.5	5th	4,842.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,426.7	2nd	738.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	New Haven County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	3rd	5.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.7%	3rd	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.0%	5th	14.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	New Haven County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.8%	6th	88.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.3%	6th	35.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	New Haven County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Race - White	79.6%	7th	82.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	13.9%	2nd	11.2%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	4th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.9%	4th	4.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	4th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	4th	2.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	3rd	14.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	66.5%	6th	70.3%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	New Haven County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Female residents	51.8%	1st	51.3%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	11.6%	3rd	13.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	New Haven County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Housing units	363,231	2nd	1,494,019	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	40.1%	1st	34.6%	25.9%
Households	330,396	3rd	1,360,115	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.8%	8th	68.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$270,900	4th	$293,100	$186,200
People per household	2.5	4th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	669	3rd	4,669	829,658

Income Demographics
	New Haven County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Income per capita	$32,509	7th	$37,627	$27,915
Income per household	$62,497	7th	$69,243	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.4%	1st	9.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	New Haven County	Rank	Connecticut	US
Non-farm private establishments	19,261	3rd	88,040	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	325,467	3rd	1,442,620	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	74,477	2nd	332,150	27,092,908
Retail sales	$11,785,336	3rd	$52,165,480	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,970	4th	$14,953	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,345,875	4th	$9,138,437	$613,795,732