Jefferson County, Washington Demographics

Jefferson County is 24th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Jefferson County is 1st in Washington out of 39 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Jefferson County is 4th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Jefferson County is 5th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Home median value

Jefferson County is 5th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Jefferson County is 7th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Income per capita

Jefferson County is 8th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Jefferson County is 9th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Female residents

Jefferson County is 11th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Home ownership rate

Jefferson County is 14th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Jefferson County is 16th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Washington	US
Current population (2012)	29,854	27th	6,897,012	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,803.7	18th	66,455.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	16.6	29th	101.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Washington	US
Residents younger than 5	3.4%	37th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	13.9%	39th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	29.1%	1st	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Washington	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.7%	5th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	36.1%	4th	31.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Washington	US
Race - White	91.4%	19th	81.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.0%	21st	3.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.3%	14th	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.8%	16th	7.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	25th	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.3%	17th	4.3%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	37th	11.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	89.0%	8th	71.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Washington	US
Female residents	50.4%	9th	50.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.8%	32nd	12.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Washington	US
Housing units	18,020	26th	2,907,490	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.9%	26th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	14,440	26th	2,602,568	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.3%	11th	64.4%	66.1%
Home median value	$308,900	5th	$283,200	$186,200
People per household	2.0	38th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	83	28th	28,118	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Washington	US
Income per capita	$29,333	7th	$30,481	$27,915
Income per household	$46,887	19th	$58,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.2%	25th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Washington	US
Non-farm private establishments	999	23rd	173,511	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,187	27th	2,355,123	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,007	22nd	551,340	27,092,908
Retail sales	$210,897	27th	$92,968,519	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,204	29th	$14,380	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$48,744	26th	$12,389,422	$613,795,732