Onondaga County, New York Demographics

Onondaga County is 5th in New York out of 62 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Onondaga County is 6th in New York out of 62 other counties in Female residents

Onondaga County is 8th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Two or More

Onondaga County is 9th in New York out of 62 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Onondaga County is 9th in New York out of 62 other counties in Retail sales

Onondaga County is 10th in New York out of 62 other counties in Households

Onondaga County is 10th in New York out of 62 other counties in Housing units

Onondaga County is 10th in New York out of 62 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Onondaga County is 10th in New York out of 62 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Onondaga County is 10th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	Onondaga County	Rank	New York	US
Current population (2012)	466,852	11th	19,570,261	313,914,040
Size in square miles	778.4	27th	47,126.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	600	13th	411.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Onondaga County	Rank	New York	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	16th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.2%	19th	21.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.6%	42nd	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Onondaga County	Rank	New York	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.0%	16th	84.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.5%	10th	32.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Onondaga County	Rank	New York	US
Race - White	81.7%	50th	71.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	11.5%	12th	17.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	10th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.3%	16th	8.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	54th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.7%	8th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	26th	18.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	78.8%	46th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Onondaga County	Rank	New York	US
Female residents	51.7%	6th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	7.0%	19th	21.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Onondaga County	Rank	New York	US
Housing units	202,513	10th	8,119,364	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	32.8%	13th	50.5%	25.9%
Households	183,381	10th	7,215,687	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.8%	53rd	54.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$128,600	31st	$301,000	$186,200
People per household	2.4	29th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,243	5th	24,872	829,658

Income Demographics
	Onondaga County	Rank	New York	US
Income per capita	$27,960	19th	$31,796	$27,915
Income per household	$52,636	23rd	$56,951	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.8%	28th	14.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Onondaga County	Rank	New York	US
Non-farm private establishments	11,723	10th	521,537	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	208,799	10th	7,369,731	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	36,708	11th	1,956,733	27,092,908
Retail sales	$6,363,051	9th	$230,718,065	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,048	13th	$11,879	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$784,291	9th	$39,813,499	$613,795,732