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

Attala County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Attala County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Size in square miles

Attala County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Attala County is 15th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Female residents

Attala County is 18th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Size Demographics
	Attala County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	19,157	50th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	735.0	11th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	26.6	57th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Attala County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.4%	12th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.1%	18th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.5%	8th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Attala County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	70.4%	71st	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.2%	27th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Attala County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	56.7%	46th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	42.2%	35th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	48th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	43rd	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	55th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	68th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	42nd	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	55.2%	46th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Attala County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	52.5%	15th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.4%	35th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Attala County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	9,124	49th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.3%	47th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	7,308	50th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.6%	47th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$70,800	52nd	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	41st	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	4	46th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Attala County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$17,701	46th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$29,805	60th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	26.7%	25th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Attala County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	341	47th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,762	42nd	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,577	46th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$171,350	44th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,756	35th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$13,697	45th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732