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

Holmes County is 3rd out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Holmes County is 5th out of 3,143 other counties in Income below poverty line

Holmes County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income below poverty line

Holmes County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Holmes County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Holmes County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Holmes County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Female residents

Holmes County is 10th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in People per household

Holmes County is 10th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Holmes County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	18,796	52nd	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	756.7	10th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	25.4	61st	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Holmes County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	8.3%	4th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.3%	5th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.8%	50th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Holmes County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	69.5%	74th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.8%	53rd	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Holmes County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	16.2%	80th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	82.8%	3rd	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	77th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	39th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	40th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	74th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	76th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	80th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Holmes County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	53.0%	7th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.1%	81st	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Holmes County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	8,353	52nd	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.7%	44th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	6,603	54th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.5%	53rd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$49,700	81st	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.8	10th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	8	35th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Holmes County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$11,966	81st	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$22,259	79th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	43.2%	1st	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Holmes County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	248	56th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,995	63rd	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,086	59th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$114,372	56th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,599	61st	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$5,530	57th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732