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

Franklin County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per capita

Franklin County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home ownership rate

Franklin County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Size Demographics
	Franklin County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	7,918	78th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	563.8	42nd	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	14.4	79th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Franklin County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	73rd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.8%	41st	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.0%	12th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Franklin County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	76.6%	37th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.1%	72nd	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Franklin County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	63.8%	33rd	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	35.2%	48th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	68th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	76th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	45th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.7%	63rd	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	77th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	63.2%	33rd	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Franklin County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.1%	56th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.5%	61st	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Franklin County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	4,132	76th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	2.8%	74th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	3,184	78th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.3%	12th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$69,700	54th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	72nd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	80th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Franklin County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$22,138	11th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$33,250	40th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	25.1%	30th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Franklin County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	117	76th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,177	72nd	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	524	75th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$20,884	80th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$2,507	79th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	80th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732