Brookhaven, Mississippi Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Brookhaven is 9th in Mississippi out of 60 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Brookhaven is 9th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Female residents

Brookhaven is 11th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Income below poverty line

Brookhaven is 12th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Brookhaven is 17th in Mississippi out of 65 other cities in Retail sales

Brookhaven is 20th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Brookhaven, Mississippi Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Brookhaven	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	12,515	34th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	21.6	25th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	578.1	49th	63.2	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Brookhaven	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.6%	32nd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.4%	33rd	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.1%	12th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Brookhaven	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	78.2%	49th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.1%	36th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Brookhaven	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	43.8%	47th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	54.1%	20th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	61st	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	39th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	50th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	48th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	64th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	43.3%	47th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Brookhaven	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	54.7%	9th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	56th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Brookhaven	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	5,519	32nd	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	20.0%	29th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	4,813	32nd	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.5%	35th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$83,400	55th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	45th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Brookhaven	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$20,079	27th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$31,478	48th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	33.6%	11th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Brookhaven	Rank	Mississippi	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,244	35th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$446,503	17th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$34,244	9th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$39,753	23rd	$7,045,097	$613,795,732

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