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

George County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White

George County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

George County is 6th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per household

George County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

George County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home ownership rate

George County is 17th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per capita

George County is 17th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 18

George County is 18th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home median value

George County is 20th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Size Demographics
	George County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	22,930	42nd	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	478.7	52nd	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	47.2	38th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	George County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.2%	20th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.2%	17th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.6%	54th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	George County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.3%	7th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.6%	68th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	George County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	90.1%	3rd	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	8.4%	79th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	22nd	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	45th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	44th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	32nd	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	33rd	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	88.1%	3rd	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	George County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	49.2%	75th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.0%	22nd	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	George County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	9,505	44th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	2.3%	80th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	8,069	44th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.6%	11th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$96,100	18th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	27th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	7	37th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	George County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$20,529	17th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$45,365	6th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.7%	78th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	George County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	317	50th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,141	54th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,033	31st	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$231,543	34th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,510	25th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$13,432	46th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732