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

Harrison County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Harrison County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Asian

Harrison County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Two or More

Harrison County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Harrison County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Current population (2012)

Harrison County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Foreign born residents

Harrison County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Households

Harrison County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Housing units

Harrison County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Harrison County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Harrison County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	194,029	2nd	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	574.0	40th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	326	2nd	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Harrison County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	15th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.4%	49th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.4%	69th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Harrison County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.8%	11th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.5%	12th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Harrison County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	70.6%	21st	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	23.4%	65th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	8th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.9%	1st	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	13th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.4%	1st	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	7th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	66.1%	26th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Harrison County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	50.3%	70th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.0%	2nd	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Harrison County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	87,773	2nd	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.6%	6th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	69,384	2nd	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.5%	68th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$146,600	6th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	48th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,055	1st	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Harrison County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$23,111	7th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$44,550	7th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.8%	74th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Harrison County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,167	2nd	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	68,421	2nd	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	14,674	2nd	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,903,219	2nd	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,472	5th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,619,113	1st	$7,045,097	$613,795,732