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

Covington County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home ownership rate

Covington County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income below poverty line

Covington County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	Covington County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	19,607	48th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	413.8	72nd	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	47.3	36th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Covington County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.2%	22nd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.8%	23rd	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.0%	25th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Covington County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	78.5%	31st	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.6%	32nd	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Covington County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	63.0%	35th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	35.8%	46th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	71st	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	53rd	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	46th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	58th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	31st	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	61.6%	36th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Covington County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.1%	55th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	69th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Covington County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	8,501	51st	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.8%	63rd	13.4%	25.9%
Households	7,040	51st	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	84.7%	5th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$78,900	36th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	19th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1	60th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Covington County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$16,917	54th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$31,127	53rd	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	28.4%	19th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Covington County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	329	49th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,819	51st	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,495	48th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$171,612	43rd	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,453	38th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$11,175	53rd	$7,045,097	$613,795,732