Wheeler County, Oregon Demographics

Wheeler County is 14th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Wheeler County is 1st in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Wheeler County is 3rd in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Home ownership rate

Wheeler County is 6th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - Two or More

Wheeler County is 7th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Wheeler County is 11th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - White

Wheeler County is 17th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Wheeler County is 18th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Income per capita

Wheeler County is 20th in Oregon out of 36 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Wheeler County	Rank	Oregon	US
Current population (2012)	1,424	36th	3,899,353	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,714.8	20th	95,988.0	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	0.8	35th	39.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Wheeler County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents younger than 5	4.2%	32nd	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	17.2%	34th	22.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	31.3%	1st	14.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Wheeler County	Rank	Oregon	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.4%	22nd	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.0%	35th	29.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Wheeler County	Rank	Oregon	US
Race - White	94.0%	11th	88.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.0%	36th	2.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.5%	17th	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	28th	4.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	31st	0.4%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.7%	6th	3.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	30th	12.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.0%	7th	77.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Wheeler County	Rank	Oregon	US
Female residents	49.5%	28th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.8%	33rd	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Wheeler County	Rank	Oregon	US
Housing units	895	36th	1,684,193	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	0.3%	36th	23.3%	25.9%
Households	601	36th	1,509,554	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.9%	3rd	63.1%	66.1%
Home median value	$116,500	35th	$252,600	$186,200
People per household	2.0	36th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	34th	10,608	829,658

Income Demographics
	Wheeler County	Rank	Oregon	US
Income per capita	$23,050	18th	$26,561	$27,915
Income per household	$34,338	36th	$49,850	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.6%	30th	14.8%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Wheeler County	Rank	Oregon	US
Non-farm private establishments	35	36th	106,340	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	157	36th	1,341,841	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	122	35th	348,154	27,092,908
Retail sales	$10,357	36th	$50,370,919	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,419	31st	$13,494	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$554	34th	$7,555,764	$613,795,732