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

Coahoma County is 7th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Coahoma County is 17th out of 3,143 other counties in Female residents

Coahoma County is 25th out of 3,143 other counties in Income below poverty line

Coahoma County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Female residents

Coahoma County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Coahoma County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Coahoma County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Coahoma County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income below poverty line

Coahoma County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Coahoma County is 14th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Coahoma County is 18th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	Coahoma County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	25,709	38th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	552.4	43rd	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	47.3	37th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Coahoma County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	8.7%	1st	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.9%	3rd	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.5%	68th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Coahoma County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	75.0%	51st	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.5%	25th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Coahoma County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	23.5%	79th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	75.3%	4th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	81st	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	23rd	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	48th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	70th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	54th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	77th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Coahoma County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	53.8%	1st	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.7%	57th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Coahoma County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	10,665	37th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.5%	7th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	9,367	37th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	54.1%	79th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$56,000	77th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.8	18th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	6	40th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Coahoma County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$16,116	62nd	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$26,050	72nd	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	37.2%	7th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Coahoma County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	564	28th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,949	33rd	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,027	32nd	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$260,323	29th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,448	31st	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$120,568	14th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732