Lewis County, Washington Demographics

Lewis County is 6th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Size in square miles

Lewis County is 10th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - White

Lewis County is 10th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Lewis County is 13th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Lewis County is 14th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Lewis County is 14th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Retail sales

Lewis County is 15th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Lewis County is 15th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Lewis County is 16th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Current population (2012)

Lewis County is 16th in Washington out of 39 other counties in Home ownership rate

Size Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	Washington	US
Current population (2012)	75,621	16th	6,897,012	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,402.8	6th	66,455.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	31.4	22nd	101.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	Washington	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	17th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	14th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.4%	17th	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	Washington	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.6%	31st	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.0%	36th	31.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	Washington	US
Race - White	93.3%	10th	81.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.7%	25th	3.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.8%	19th	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	31st	7.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	22nd	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.0%	20th	4.3%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	15th	11.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	85.3%	13th	71.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	Washington	US
Female residents	50.0%	18th	50.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.2%	25th	12.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	Washington	US
Housing units	34,387	18th	2,907,490	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.2%	23rd	25.7%	25.9%
Households	29,586	16th	2,602,568	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.8%	16th	64.4%	66.1%
Home median value	$192,700	23rd	$283,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	16th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	121	23rd	28,118	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	Washington	US
Income per capita	$22,297	28th	$30,481	$27,915
Income per household	$44,373	25th	$58,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.5%	24th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	Washington	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,798	15th	173,511	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	18,256	16th	2,355,123	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,763	16th	551,340	27,092,908
Retail sales	$910,552	14th	$92,968,519	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,355	10th	$14,380	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$96,165	17th	$12,389,422	$613,795,732