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

Calhoun County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Calhoun County is 13th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Calhoun County is 14th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	Calhoun County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	14,843	60th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	586.6	36th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	25.5	60th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Calhoun County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	36th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.7%	42nd	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.9%	13th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Calhoun County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	68.4%	76th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	9.9%	73rd	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Calhoun County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	70.1%	22nd	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	28.5%	59th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	60th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	77th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	53rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	21st	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	5th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	65.0%	29th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Calhoun County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.9%	31st	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.1%	14th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Calhoun County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	6,881	59th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.7%	53rd	13.4%	25.9%
Households	5,988	58th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.4%	59th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$58,700	74th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	79th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1	63rd	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Calhoun County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$16,034	64th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$29,893	58th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.7%	55th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Calhoun County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	262	54th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,740	56th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,101	57th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$94,108	58th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,445	53rd	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,525	68th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732