Pierce County, Washington Demographics

Pierce County is 15th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Pierce County is 1st in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Pierce County is 1st in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Pierce County is 1st in Washington out of 39 other counties in Race - Two or More

Pierce County is 2nd in Washington out of 39 other counties in Current population (2012)

Pierce County is 2nd in Washington out of 39 other counties in Households

Pierce County is 2nd in Washington out of 39 other counties in Housing units

Pierce County is 2nd in Washington out of 39 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Pierce County is 2nd in Washington out of 39 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Pierce County is 2nd in Washington out of 39 other counties in Retail sales

Pierce County is 3rd in Washington out of 39 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	Washington	US
Current population (2012)	811,681	2nd	6,897,012	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,669.5	23rd	66,455.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	476.3	4th	101.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	Washington	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	8th	6.4%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.3%	9th	23.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.8%	34th	13.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	Washington	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	90.1%	19th	89.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.6%	17th	31.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	Washington	US
Race - White	76.8%	37th	81.6%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	7.2%	1st	3.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.6%	25th	1.8%	1.2%
Race - Asian	6.3%	4th	7.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1.4%	1st	0.7%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	6.6%	1st	4.3%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	12th	11.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	69.5%	32nd	71.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	Washington	US
Female residents	50.5%	7th	50.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	9.6%	14th	12.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	Washington	US
Housing units	327,228	2nd	2,907,490	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.3%	5th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	297,839	2nd	2,602,568	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	63.1%	32nd	64.4%	66.1%
Home median value	$265,200	9th	$283,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	10th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,479	3rd	28,118	829,658

Income Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	Washington	US
Income per capita	$28,179	8th	$30,481	$27,915
Income per household	$58,824	8th	$58,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.6%	31st	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Pierce County	Rank	Washington	US
Non-farm private establishments	16,370	3rd	173,511	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	220,454	2nd	2,355,123	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	53,296	3rd	551,340	27,092,908
Retail sales	$9,741,617	2nd	$92,968,519	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,585	9th	$14,380	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,172,468	2nd	$12,389,422	$613,795,732