Garrett County, Maryland Demographics

Garrett County is 1st in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Race - White

Garrett County is 1st in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Garrett County is 2nd in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Size in square miles

Garrett County is 5th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Garrett County is 6th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Income below poverty line

Garrett County is 7th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Home ownership rate

Garrett County is 9th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Garrett County is 18th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Garrett County is 18th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Female residents

Garrett County is 19th in Maryland out of 24 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Garrett County	Rank	Maryland	US
Current population (2012)	29,854	22nd	5,884,563	313,914,040
Size in square miles	647.1	2nd	9,707.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	46.5	24th	594.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Garrett County	Rank	Maryland	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	19th	6.2%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.1%	19th	22.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.6%	5th	13.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Garrett County	Rank	Maryland	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.7%	19th	88.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.3%	21st	36.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Garrett County	Rank	Maryland	US
Race - White	97.7%	1st	60.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.1%	24th	30.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	23rd	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	24th	6.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	23rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.7%	24th	2.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	24th	8.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.9%	1st	53.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Garrett County	Rank	Maryland	US
Female residents	50.4%	18th	51.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.9%	24th	13.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Garrett County	Rank	Maryland	US
Housing units	18,931	20th	2,391,350	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.9%	22nd	25.4%	25.9%
Households	12,410	21st	2,128,377	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.6%	7th	68.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$168,500	21st	$319,800	$186,200
People per household	2.4	20th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	114	18th	15,217	829,658

Income Demographics
	Garrett County	Rank	Maryland	US
Income per capita	$24,779	21st	$35,751	$27,915
Income per household	$45,280	21st	$72,419	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.7%	6th	9.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Garrett County	Rank	Maryland	US
Non-farm private establishments	907	20th	133,248	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	11,092	20th	2,104,022	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,478	20th	528,112	27,092,908
Retail sales	$431,388	20th	$75,664,186	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,550	9th	$13,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$47,284	21st	$10,758,428	$613,795,732