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

Forest County is 41st out of 3,143 other counties in Home ownership rate

Forest County is 1st in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Home ownership rate

Forest County is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Forest County is 4th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Forest County is 8th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in People per household

Forest County is 14th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Forest County is 18th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	Forest County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	7,667	65th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	427.2	53rd	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	18.1	64th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Forest County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	2.0%	67th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	11.4%	67th	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.5%	4th	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Forest County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.7%	66th	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	7.8%	67th	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Forest County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	79.6%	64th	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	19.0%	3rd	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	18th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	65th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	29th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	50th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	14th	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	74.8%	62nd	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Forest County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	32.7%	67th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.0%	55th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Forest County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	8,728	63rd	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	1.7%	67th	20.5%	25.9%
Households	1,990	67th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	86.0%	1st	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$81,300	64th	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	8th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	4	66th	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Forest County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$14,306	67th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$36,006	67th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.2%	27th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Forest County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	111	67th	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,414	66th	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	389	66th	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$19,250	67th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$2,779	67th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$8,362	65th	$19,625,449	$613,795,732