Alcorn County, Mississippi Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Alcorn County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White

Alcorn County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Alcorn County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Alcorn County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Alcorn County is 17th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales

Alcorn County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home median value

Alcorn County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Alcorn County is 20th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Current population (2012)

Alcorn County is 20th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Housing units

Alcorn County is 20th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Alcorn County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	37,164	20th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	400.0	82nd	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	92.6	16th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Alcorn County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	63rd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.9%	55th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.4%	20th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Alcorn County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	77.7%	35th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.3%	34th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Alcorn County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	86.3%	5th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	12.1%	78th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	49th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	35th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	57th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	37th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	22nd	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	83.8%	5th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Alcorn County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.0%	59th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.6%	32nd	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Alcorn County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	17,165	20th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.5%	27th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	13,867	21st	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.5%	52nd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$85,500	19th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	43rd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	9	33rd	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Alcorn County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$17,920	40th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$32,221	49th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.2%	62nd	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Alcorn County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	779	20th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	11,325	19th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,909	20th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$527,641	17th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,756	8th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$42,518	24th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732