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

Delaware County is 32nd out of 3,143 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Delaware County is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Delaware County is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Delaware County is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Female residents

Delaware County is 4th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Home median value

Delaware County is 4th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Income per capita

Delaware County is 4th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Income per household

Delaware County is 4th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Asian

Delaware County is 5th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Current population (2012)

Delaware County is 5th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Foreign born residents

Delaware County is 5th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Households

Size Demographics
	Delaware County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	561,098	5th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	183.8	65th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3,040.5	2nd	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Delaware County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	8th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.8%	7th	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.6%	62nd	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Delaware County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.0%	10th	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	34.5%	5th	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Delaware County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	72.3%	66th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	20.6%	2nd	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	30th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	5.1%	4th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	33rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	9th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	23rd	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	70.0%	63rd	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Delaware County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	52.0%	3rd	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.7%	5th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Delaware County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	223,105	5th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.1%	8th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	206,596	5th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.3%	54th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$234,700	4th	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	7th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	175	25th	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Delaware County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$32,803	4th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$63,677	4th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.5%	57th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Delaware County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	12,629	6th	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	204,707	7th	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	47,789	6th	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$6,358,447	7th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,456	31st	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$779,477	6th	$19,625,449	$613,795,732