Washoe County, Nevada Demographics

Washoe County is 42nd out of 3,143 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Washoe County is 1st in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Washoe County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Washoe County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Current population (2012)

Washoe County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Foreign born residents

Washoe County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Home median value

Washoe County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Households

Washoe County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Housing units

Washoe County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Washoe County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Washoe County is 2nd in Nevada out of 17 other counties in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Washoe County	Rank	Nevada	US
Current population (2012)	429,908	2nd	2,758,931	313,914,040
Size in square miles	6,302.4	7th	109,781.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	66.9	3rd	24.6	87.4

Age Demographics
	Washoe County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents younger than 5	6.4%	7th	6.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.0%	9th	24.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.3%	13th	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Washoe County	Rank	Nevada	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.5%	6th	84.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.0%	1st	22.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Washoe County	Rank	Nevada	US
Race - White	85.9%	14th	77.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.6%	6th	8.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.1%	13th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.5%	2nd	7.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.7%	2nd	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.2%	5th	3.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	4th	27.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	65.1%	16th	52.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Washoe County	Rank	Nevada	US
Female residents	49.6%	6th	49.6%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	15.1%	2nd	19.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Washoe County	Rank	Nevada	US
Housing units	185,829	2nd	1,183,873	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	28.6%	2nd	29.6%	25.9%
Households	160,889	2nd	986,741	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	59.6%	16th	59.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$257,400	2nd	$225,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	9th	2.7	2.6
Building permits (last year)	839	2nd	9,071	829,658

Income Demographics
	Washoe County	Rank	Nevada	US
Income per capita	$30,016	4th	$27,625	$27,915
Income per household	$55,813	8th	$55,553	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.9%	10th	12.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Washoe County	Rank	Nevada	US
Non-farm private establishments	11,540	2nd	58,777	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	163,576	2nd	1,000,610	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	40,200	2nd	221,260	27,092,908
Retail sales	$6,667,427	2nd	$37,433,983	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,409	4th	$14,579	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,399,394	2nd	$28,815,533	$613,795,732