Ocean County, New Jersey Demographics

Ocean County is 1st in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Female residents

Ocean County is 2nd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Race - White

Ocean County is 2nd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Ocean County is 2nd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Size in square miles

Ocean County is 3rd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Home ownership rate

Ocean County is 4th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Housing units

Ocean County is 4th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Ocean County is 5th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Ocean County is 6th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Ocean County is 6th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Ocean County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Current population (2012)	580,470	6th	8,864,590	313,914,040
Size in square miles	628.8	2nd	7,354.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	917	12th	1,195.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Ocean County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	5th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.2%	8th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.5%	2nd	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Ocean County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.2%	10th	87.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	24.5%	18th	35.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Ocean County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Race - White	93.1%	2nd	73.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	3.4%	18th	14.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	13th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.9%	18th	9.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	16th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	20th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	14th	18.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	85.4%	4th	58.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Ocean County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Female residents	52.0%	1st	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.8%	17th	20.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Ocean County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Housing units	278,862	4th	3,562,553	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.2%	21st	35.9%	25.9%
Households	222,863	6th	3,180,854	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.9%	3rd	66.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$284,100	15th	$349,100	$186,200
People per household	2.5	20th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,125	6th	17,939	829,658

Income Demographics
	Ocean County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Income per capita	$30,257	16th	$35,678	$27,915
Income per household	$60,712	14th	$71,180	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.5%	11th	9.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Ocean County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Non-farm private establishments	11,715	8th	226,878	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	123,710	13th	3,377,848	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	45,546	8th	781,622	27,092,908
Retail sales	$7,307,436	7th	$124,813,580	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,922	15th	$14,453	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$703,022	9th	$19,993,613	$613,795,732