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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Forest is 1st in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Foreign born residents

Forest is 1st in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Forest is 1st in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Forest is 5th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Forest is 9th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Forest is 10th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Race - Two or More

Forest is 12th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in People per household

Forest is 12th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Forest, Mississippi Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Forest	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	5,710	58th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	13.1	43rd	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	434.6	63rd	63.2	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Forest	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	9.1%	5th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.7%	9th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.5%	46th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Forest	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	65.9%	69th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.5%	67th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Forest	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	31.3%	58th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	48.5%	26th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	12th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	63rd	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.8%	1st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.2%	10th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	23.7%	1st	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	27.1%	61st	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Forest	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	50.7%	60th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	17.1%	1st	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Forest	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	2,135	68th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	15.3%	49th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	1,944	64th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	63.6%	39th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$77,000	63rd	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.8	12th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Forest	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$17,767	54th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$36,224	34th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	25.5%	30th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Forest	Rank	Mississippi	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	461	60th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$153,725	49th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$25,434	22nd	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$14,551	40th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732

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