Rensselaer County, New York Demographics

Rensselaer County is 11th in New York out of 62 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Rensselaer County is 13th in New York out of 62 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Rensselaer County is 14th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Two or More

Rensselaer County is 15th in New York out of 62 other counties in Income per household

Rensselaer County is 17th in New York out of 62 other counties in Income per capita

Rensselaer County is 18th in New York out of 62 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Rensselaer County is 19th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Rensselaer County is 20th in New York out of 62 other counties in Home median value

Rensselaer County is 20th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Rensselaer County	Rank	New York	US
Current population (2012)	159,835	21st	19,570,261	313,914,040
Size in square miles	652.4	32nd	47,126.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	244.4	21st	411.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Rensselaer County	Rank	New York	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	24th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.7%	39th	21.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.3%	48th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Rensselaer County	Rank	New York	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.4%	13th	84.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.4%	23rd	32.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Rensselaer County	Rank	New York	US
Race - White	88.1%	42nd	71.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	7.0%	19th	17.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	42nd	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.4%	20th	8.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	49th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	14th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	28th	18.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	85.2%	38th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Rensselaer County	Rank	New York	US
Female residents	50.6%	27th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.2%	25th	21.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Rensselaer County	Rank	New York	US
Housing units	71,833	21st	8,119,364	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	36.8%	11th	50.5%	25.9%
Households	63,626	21st	7,215,687	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.6%	54th	54.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$177,300	20th	$301,000	$186,200
People per household	2.4	34th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	296	18th	24,872	829,658

Income Demographics
	Rensselaer County	Rank	New York	US
Income per capita	$28,719	17th	$31,796	$27,915
Income per household	$56,271	15th	$56,951	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.1%	38th	14.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Rensselaer County	Rank	New York	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,981	22nd	521,537	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	41,390	25th	7,369,731	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	10,659	23rd	1,956,733	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,384,387	24th	$230,718,065	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,915	46th	$11,879	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$171,796	27th	$39,813,499	$613,795,732