Platte County, Wyoming Demographics

Platte County is 2nd in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Race - White

Platte County is 2nd in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Platte County is 3rd in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Home ownership rate

Platte County is 6th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Income below poverty line

Platte County is 7th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Platte County is 8th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Female residents

Platte County is 9th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Platte County is 11th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Platte County is 12th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Platte County is 13th in Wyoming out of 23 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Platte County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Current population (2012)	8,756	17th	576,412	313,914,040
Size in square miles	2,084.2	21st	97,093.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	4.2	12th	5.8	87.4

Age Demographics
	Platte County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Residents younger than 5	4.6%	21st	6.7%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.3%	21st	23.5%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	21.5%	2nd	13.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Platte County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.7%	13th	91.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.9%	16th	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Platte County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Race - White	96.8%	2nd	93.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.6%	21st	1.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	23rd	2.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	14th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	7th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	19th	1.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	13th	9.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.0%	9th	84.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Platte County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Female residents	49.7%	8th	48.9%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.2%	20th	3.1%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Platte County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Housing units	4,657	17th	265,528	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.3%	20th	15.7%	25.9%
Households	3,647	17th	219,628	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.1%	3rd	70.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$136,100	19th	$181,900	$186,200
People per household	2.4	14th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	43	11th	2,110	829,658

Income Demographics
	Platte County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Income per capita	$25,280	19th	$28,952	$27,915
Income per household	$46,171	19th	$56,380	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.8%	6th	10.1%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Platte County	Rank	Wyoming	US
Non-farm private establishments	270	19th	20,329	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,155	19th	208,385	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,065	18th	61,179	27,092,908
Retail sales	$93,405	16th	$8,957,553	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,163	14th	$17,114	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$12,103	16th	$1,469,008	$613,795,732