Kittitas County, Washington Demographics

Kittitas County is 3rd in Washington out of 39 other counties in Income below poverty line

Kittitas County is 5th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Kittitas County is 7th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Kittitas County is 8th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Size in square miles

Kittitas County is 10th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Home median value

Kittitas County is 12th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Kittitas County is 13th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - Asian

Kittitas County is 14th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - White

Kittitas County is 14th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Kittitas County is 16th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Kittitas County	Rank	Washington	US
Current population (2012)	41,672	24th	6,897,012	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,297.3	8th	66,455.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	17.8	27th	101.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Kittitas County	Rank	Washington	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	26th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	17.8%	34th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.9%	28th	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Kittitas County	Rank	Washington	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.7%	16th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.5%	5th	31.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Kittitas County	Rank	Washington	US
Race - White	92.3%	14th	81.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.2%	19th	3.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.1%	33rd	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.2%	13th	7.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	24th	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.9%	25th	4.3%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	20th	11.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	85.1%	14th	71.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Kittitas County	Rank	Washington	US
Female residents	49.4%	29th	50.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.9%	28th	12.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Kittitas County	Rank	Washington	US
Housing units	22,297	23rd	2,907,490	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	22.5%	7th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	16,658	23rd	2,602,568	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	57.1%	38th	64.4%	66.1%
Home median value	$265,000	10th	$283,200	$186,200
People per household	2.3	32nd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	195	16th	28,118	829,658

Income Demographics
	Kittitas County	Rank	Washington	US
Income per capita	$23,931	20th	$30,481	$27,915
Income per household	$42,769	29th	$58,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.3%	3rd	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Kittitas County	Rank	Washington	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,114	22nd	173,511	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	9,731	21st	2,355,123	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,320	26th	551,340	27,092,908
Retail sales	$472,728	21st	$92,968,519	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,316	12th	$14,380	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$84,390	19th	$12,389,422	$613,795,732