Harney County, Oregon Demographics

Harney County is 23rd out of 3,143 other counties in Size in square miles

Harney County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Size in square miles

Harney County is 3rd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income below poverty line

Harney County is 6th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Harney County is 11th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Harney County is 13th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Harney County is 15th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Harney County is 16th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Harney County is 17th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Harney County is 18th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Size Demographics
	Harney County	Rank	Oregon	US
Current population (2012)	7,212	32nd	3,899,353	313,914,040
Size in square miles	10,133.2	1st	95,988.0	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	0.7	36th	39.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Harney County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	18th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.6%	17th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.8%	15th	14.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Harney County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.8%	16th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.4%	29th	29.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Harney County	Rank	Oregon	US
Race - White	92.7%	21st	88.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.4%	31st	2.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	3.5%	6th	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	30th	4.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	36th	0.4%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.9%	21st	3.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	31st	12.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	88.8%	11th	77.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Harney County	Rank	Oregon	US
Female residents	49.2%	30th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.0%	32nd	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Harney County	Rank	Oregon	US
Housing units	3,857	33rd	1,684,193	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.6%	28th	23.3%	25.9%
Households	3,290	32nd	1,509,554	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.2%	27th	63.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$137,700	31st	$252,600	$186,200
People per household	2.2	31st	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	7	30th	10,608	829,658

Income Demographics
	Harney County	Rank	Oregon	US
Income per capita	$22,228	23rd	$26,561	$27,915
Income per household	$38,702	31st	$49,850	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.5%	3rd	14.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Harney County	Rank	Oregon	US
Non-farm private establishments	202	31st	106,340	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,263	32nd	1,341,841	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	914	29th	348,154	27,092,908
Retail sales	$87,576	29th	$50,370,919	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,936	13th	$13,494	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$11,056	27th	$7,555,764	$613,795,732