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

Bolivar County is 27th out of 3,143 other counties in Female residents

Bolivar County is 31st out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Bolivar County is 46th out of 3,143 other counties in Income below poverty line

Bolivar County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Size in square miles

Bolivar County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Female residents

Bolivar County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Bolivar County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income below poverty line

Bolivar County is 13th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Bolivar County is 15th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Bolivar County is 15th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Bolivar County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Bolivar County is 18th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Asian

Bolivar County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Size Demographics
	Bolivar County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	33,904	25th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	876.6	2nd	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	39	46th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Bolivar County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.4%	13th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.5%	29th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.9%	65th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Bolivar County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	71.8%	67th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.5%	15th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Bolivar County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	33.7%	68th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	64.8%	15th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	62nd	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	18th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	19th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	75th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	35th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	32.4%	68th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Bolivar County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	53.4%	4th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.7%	54th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Bolivar County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	13,890	26th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	20.3%	9th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	12,396	24th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	56.9%	77th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$81,000	31st	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	33rd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	83	16th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Bolivar County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$16,114	63rd	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$27,173	68th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	34.6%	12th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Bolivar County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	708	23rd	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	8,266	28th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,240	27th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$303,409	26th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,116	40th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$31,055	28th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732