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

Jefferson County is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - White

Jefferson County is 3rd in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Jefferson County is 20th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Income below poverty line

Jefferson County is 20th in Pennsylvania out of 67 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Size Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Current population (2012)	44,764	50th	12,763,536	313,914,040
Size in square miles	652.4	35th	44,742.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	69.3	50th	283.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	20th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.0%	28th	21.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.8%	22nd	16.0%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.5%	41st	87.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.3%	62nd	26.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Race - White	98.2%	3rd	83.5%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.5%	62nd	11.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	46th	0.3%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	64th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	24th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	55th	1.7%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	63rd	6.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.6%	3rd	78.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Female residents	50.5%	44th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.5%	67th	5.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Housing units	22,355	49th	5,579,275	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.7%	41st	20.5%	25.9%
Households	18,389	47th	4,952,566	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.0%	28th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$83,200	63rd	$163,200	$186,200
People per household	2.4	38th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	45	49th	18,796	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Income per capita	$21,365	54th	$27,824	$27,915
Income per household	$40,058	58th	$51,651	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.1%	20th	12.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Pennsylvania	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,179	43rd	295,720	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	13,465	49th	5,078,111	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,071	46th	981,501	27,092,908
Retail sales	$477,351	49th	$166,842,778	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,594	40th	$13,323	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$32,316	56th	$19,625,449	$613,795,732