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

DeSoto County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per household

DeSoto County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

DeSoto County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Building permits (last year)

DeSoto County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

DeSoto County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Current population (2012)

DeSoto County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Households

DeSoto County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Housing units

DeSoto County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home median value

DeSoto County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per capita

DeSoto County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	DeSoto County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	166,234	3rd	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	476.1	53rd	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	338.7	1st	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	DeSoto County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	40th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.5%	8th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.0%	77th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	DeSoto County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.1%	2nd	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.3%	10th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	DeSoto County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	73.4%	18th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	23.4%	64th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	14th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.3%	6th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	8th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	6th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	9th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	69.1%	20th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	DeSoto County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.5%	43rd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.6%	8th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	DeSoto County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	62,244	3rd	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.4%	22nd	13.4%	25.9%
Households	56,641	3rd	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.9%	32nd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$153,600	4th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.8	13th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	698	2nd	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	DeSoto County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$25,065	4th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$59,734	1st	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.5%	82nd	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	DeSoto County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,543	5th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	42,540	7th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	12,573	4th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,069,453	5th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,825	11th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$256,752	6th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732