Kent County, Delaware Demographics

Kent County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Female residents

Kent County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Income below poverty line

Kent County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in People per household

Kent County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Kent County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Race - Two or More

Kent County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Kent County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Kent County is 1st in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Kent County is 2nd in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Home ownership rate

Kent County is 2nd in Delaware out of 3 other counties in Income per household

Size Demographics
	Kent County	Rank	Delaware	US
Current population (2012)	167,626	3rd	917,092	313,914,040
Size in square miles	586.2	2nd	1,948.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	276.9	2nd	460.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Kent County	Rank	Delaware	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	1st	6.1%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.2%	1st	22.4%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.5%	2nd	15.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Kent County	Rank	Delaware	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.9%	3rd	87.4%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.0%	3rd	28.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Kent County	Rank	Delaware	US
Race - White	68.8%	2nd	71.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	24.9%	1st	22.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	2nd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.2%	2nd	3.5%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	3rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.3%	1st	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	3rd	8.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	64.3%	2nd	64.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Kent County	Rank	Delaware	US
Female residents	51.8%	1st	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.9%	3rd	8.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Kent County	Rank	Delaware	US
Housing units	66,241	3rd	409,757	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.0%	2nd	17.5%	25.9%
Households	57,629	3rd	332,837	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.4%	2nd	73.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$208,300	3rd	$244,100	$186,200
People per household	2.7	1st	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	865	3rd	4,091	829,658

Income Demographics
	Kent County	Rank	Delaware	US
Income per capita	$24,374	3rd	$29,659	$27,915
Income per household	$54,783	2nd	$59,317	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.4%	1st	11.2%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Kent County	Rank	Delaware	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,177	3rd	24,132	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	48,100	3rd	359,602	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	11,242	3rd	74,573	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,589,237	3rd	$14,202,083	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$17,024	1st	$16,421	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$447,861	3rd	$1,910,770	$613,795,732