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

Fayette County is 2nd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Income below poverty line

Fayette County is 20th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Fayette County is 20th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	135,660	26th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	790.3	24th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	172.8	31st	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	51st	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.8%	50th	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.6%	27th	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.3%	60th	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.7%	58th	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	93.4%	42nd	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	4.7%	20th	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	51st	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	62nd	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	30th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	25th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	60th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	92.7%	38th	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	50.8%	34th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	50th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	62,248	26th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.5%	37th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	54,717	26th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.0%	47th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$83,600	62nd	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.4	32nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	198	23rd	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$19,717	66th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$36,605	66th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.2%	2nd	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Fayette County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,697	29th	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	36,720	30th	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	8,796	28th	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,535,518	26th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,661	39th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$246,895	20th	$19,625,449	$613,795,732