Carter County, Oklahoma Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Carter County is 7th in Oklahoma out of 77 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Carter County is 9th in Oklahoma out of 77 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Carter County is 9th in Oklahoma out of 77 other counties in Retail sales

Carter County is 10th in Oklahoma out of 77 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Carter County is 10th in Oklahoma out of 77 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Carter County is 11th in Oklahoma out of 77 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Carter County is 14th in Oklahoma out of 77 other counties in Female residents

Carter County is 14th in Oklahoma out of 77 other counties in Race - Asian

Carter County is 14th in Oklahoma out of 77 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Carter County is 15th in Oklahoma out of 77 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Carter County	Rank	Oklahoma	US
Current population (2012)	48,085	17th	3,814,820	313,914,040
Size in square miles	822.2	36th	68,594.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	57.8	18th	54.7	87.4

Age Demographics
	Carter County	Rank	Oklahoma	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	23rd	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.5%	10th	24.6%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.2%	56th	14.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Carter County	Rank	Oklahoma	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.8%	37th	85.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.1%	37th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Carter County	Rank	Oklahoma	US
Race - White	76.0%	48th	75.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	7.1%	15th	7.6%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	9.4%	40th	9.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.1%	14th	1.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	42nd	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	6.4%	30th	5.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	35th	9.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	71.5%	46th	67.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Carter County	Rank	Oklahoma	US
Female residents	51.0%	14th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.8%	29th	5.4%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Carter County	Rank	Oklahoma	US
Housing units	21,182	21st	1,674,685	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.2%	31st	15.2%	25.9%
Households	17,603	20th	1,432,735	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.5%	53rd	67.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$87,700	26th	$108,400	$186,200
People per household	2.6	16th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	77	18th	11,930	829,658

Income Demographics
	Carter County	Rank	Oklahoma	US
Income per capita	$20,046	51st	$23,770	$27,915
Income per household	$39,722	46th	$44,287	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.2%	39th	16.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Carter County	Rank	Oklahoma	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,506	9th	89,749	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	20,411	10th	1,261,590	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,528	14th	333,797	27,092,908
Retail sales	$686,909	9th	$43,095,353	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,526	7th	$11,931	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$68,116	11th	$5,106,585	$613,795,732