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

Forrest County is 21st out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Forrest County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Forrest County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Forrest County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales

Forrest County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Forrest County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Forrest County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Two or More

Forrest County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Forrest County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Forrest County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Forrest County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Forrest County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	76,894	9th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	466.3	56th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	160.7	7th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Forrest County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.2%	21st	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.6%	60th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.0%	73rd	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Forrest County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.6%	13th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	26.2%	7th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Forrest County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	60.7%	38th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	36.7%	45th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	18th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	12th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	7th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	7th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	15th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	57.9%	41st	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Forrest County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	52.2%	21st	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.8%	16th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Forrest County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	32,122	9th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.7%	3rd	13.4%	25.9%
Households	28,032	9th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	58.5%	75th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$112,200	10th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	75th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	204	9th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Forrest County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$20,238	19th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$35,805	32nd	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	26.8%	24th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Forrest County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,846	9th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	30,777	8th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,646	9th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,121,634	4th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$26,812	1st	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$158,846	10th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732