Palm Beach County, Florida Demographics

Palm Beach County is 15th out of 3,143 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Palm Beach County is 17th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Palm Beach County is 21st out of 3,143 other counties in Housing units

Palm Beach County is 23rd out of 3,143 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Palm Beach County is 25th out of 3,143 other counties in Households

Palm Beach County is 25th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales

Palm Beach County is 27th out of 3,143 other counties in Current population (2012)

Palm Beach County is 28th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Palm Beach County is 44th out of 3,143 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Palm Beach County is 47th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Palm Beach County is 2nd in Florida out of 67 other counties in Size in square miles

Palm Beach County is 3rd in Florida out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

Palm Beach County is 3rd in Florida out of 67 other counties in Households

Palm Beach County is 3rd in Florida out of 67 other counties in Housing units

Palm Beach County is 3rd in Florida out of 67 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Palm Beach County is 3rd in Florida out of 67 other counties in Retail sales

Palm Beach County is 3rd in Florida out of 67 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Palm Beach County is 4th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Palm Beach County is 4th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Palm Beach County is 4th in Florida out of 67 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Palm Beach County	Rank	Florida	US
Current population (2012)	1,356,545	3rd	19,317,568	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,969.8	2nd	53,624.8	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	670.2	10th	350.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Palm Beach County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	44th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.1%	39th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	22.1%	18th	18.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Palm Beach County	Rank	Florida	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.1%	19th	85.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.2%	5th	26.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Palm Beach County	Rank	Florida	US
Race - White	76.9%	52nd	78.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	18.2%	20th	16.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	29th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.6%	13th	2.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	14th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	37th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	13th	23.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	58.7%	53rd	57.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Palm Beach County	Rank	Florida	US
Female residents	51.5%	14th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	22.1%	5th	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Palm Beach County	Rank	Florida	US
Housing units	668,159	3rd	9,026,965	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	40.9%	4th	29.9%	25.9%
Households	523,559	3rd	7,140,096	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.6%	47th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$236,600	6th	$188,600	$186,200
People per household	2.5	49th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	4,636	4th	64,810	829,658

Income Demographics
	Palm Beach County	Rank	Florida	US
Income per capita	$33,960	5th	$26,733	$27,915
Income per household	$52,951	11th	$47,827	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.3%	49th	14.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Palm Beach County	Rank	Florida	US
Non-farm private establishments	41,970	3rd	490,851	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	436,202	5th	6,732,639	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	163,433	3rd	2,009,589	27,092,908
Retail sales	$19,321,650	3rd	$262,341,127	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,278	12th	$14,353	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$3,088,613	4th	$41,922,059	$613,795,732