Sussex County, New Jersey Demographics

Sussex County is 31st out of 3,143 other counties in Income per household

Sussex County is 1st in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Race - White

Sussex County is 1st in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Sussex County is 2nd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Home ownership rate

Sussex County is 2nd in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Sussex County is 4th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Income per household

Sussex County is 4th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Size in square miles

Sussex County is 6th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Income per capita

Sussex County is 11th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Sussex County is 12th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in Home median value

Sussex County is 12th in New Jersey out of 21 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	Sussex County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Current population (2012)	147,442	17th	8,864,590	313,914,040
Size in square miles	519.0	4th	7,354.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	287.6	20th	1,195.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Sussex County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents younger than 5	4.8%	19th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.4%	15th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.4%	12th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Sussex County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.4%	2nd	87.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	31.6%	11th	35.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Sussex County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Race - White	94.4%	1st	73.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.0%	21st	14.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	20th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.9%	17th	9.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	19th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	19th	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	18th	18.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	88.2%	1st	58.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Sussex County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Female residents	50.3%	18th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.0%	18th	20.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Sussex County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Housing units	62,265	17th	3,562,553	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.5%	20th	35.9%	25.9%
Households	55,554	16th	3,180,854	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	85.1%	2nd	66.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$312,500	12th	$349,100	$186,200
People per household	2.7	12th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	267	17th	17,939	829,658

Income Demographics
	Sussex County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Income per capita	$36,986	6th	$35,678	$27,915
Income per household	$84,860	4th	$71,180	$52,762
Income below poverty line	4.9%	18th	9.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Sussex County	Rank	New Jersey	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,316	18th	226,878	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	30,616	18th	3,377,848	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	14,840	17th	781,622	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,722,382	18th	$124,813,580	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,359	17th	$14,453	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$172,435	18th	$19,993,613	$613,795,732