Berks County, Pennsylvania Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Berks County is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Berks County is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Berks County is 4th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Berks County is 5th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Two or More

Berks County is 7th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Berks County is 9th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

Berks County is 9th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Households

Berks County is 9th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in People per household

Berks County is 9th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Berks County is 10th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Berks County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	413,491	9th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	856.5	19th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	480.4	12th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Berks County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	7th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.3%	4th	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.1%	58th	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Berks County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.8%	57th	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	22.1%	21st	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Berks County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	89.3%	55th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.4%	12th	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	3rd	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.5%	16th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	14th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	5th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	2nd	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	75.6%	61st	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Berks County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	50.9%	29th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.3%	11th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Berks County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	165,269	10th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.2%	16th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	153,780	9th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.9%	48th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$174,000	16th	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	9th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	289	19th	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Berks County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$26,332	16th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$54,823	13th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.1%	30th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Berks County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	8,177	11th	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	144,686	10th	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	30,325	9th	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$4,953,210	10th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,307	22nd	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$445,993	12th	$19,625,449	$613,795,732