Pemiscot County, Missouri Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Pemiscot County is 1st in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Income below poverty line

Pemiscot County is 2nd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Pemiscot County is 3rd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Pemiscot County is 3rd in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Pemiscot County is 4th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Female residents

Pemiscot County is 6th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in People per household

Pemiscot County is 19th in Missouri out of 115 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Pemiscot County	Rank	Missouri	US
Current population (2012)	18,111	61st	6,021,988	313,914,040
Size in square miles	492.5	85th	68,741.5	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	37.1	49th	87.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Pemiscot County	Rank	Missouri	US
Residents younger than 5	7.5%	3rd	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.2%	3rd	23.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.1%	85th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Pemiscot County	Rank	Missouri	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	70.8%	112th	86.8%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.3%	100th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Pemiscot County	Rank	Missouri	US
Race - White	71.1%	112th	83.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	26.9%	2nd	11.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	81st	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	89th	1.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	60th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	77th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	31st	3.7%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	69.2%	112th	80.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Pemiscot County	Rank	Missouri	US
Female residents	52.6%	4th	51.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.9%	82nd	3.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Pemiscot County	Rank	Missouri	US
Housing units	8,044	63rd	2,723,415	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.7%	19th	19.6%	25.9%
Households	6,842	61st	2,354,104	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	56.1%	113th	69.5%	66.1%
Home median value	$65,100	112th	$138,900	$186,200
People per household	2.6	6th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	111th	12,297	829,658

Income Demographics
	Pemiscot County	Rank	Missouri	US
Income per capita	$16,365	107th	$25,371	$27,915
Income per household	$28,798	112th	$47,202	$52,762
Income below poverty line	30.5%	1st	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Pemiscot County	Rank	Missouri	US
Non-farm private establishments	386	61st	147,274	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,826	53rd	2,298,295	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,043	76th	501,064	27,092,908
Retail sales	$209,476	53rd	$76,575,216	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,275	37th	$12,957	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$14,371	56th	$11,070,634	$613,795,732