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

Issaquena County is 16th out of 3,143 other counties in Income below poverty line

Issaquena County is 32nd out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Issaquena County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in People per household

Issaquena County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income below poverty line

Issaquena County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Issaquena County is 17th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Issaquena County is 18th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Issaquena County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	1,386	82nd	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	413.1	73rd	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3.4	82nd	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Issaquena County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	5.0%	82nd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	17.2%	82nd	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.1%	35th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Issaquena County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	59.9%	82nd	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	4.2%	82nd	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Issaquena County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	34.6%	67th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	64.4%	16th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	17th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	34th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	39th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.1%	82nd	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	78th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	33.9%	67th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Issaquena County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	40.1%	82nd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.2%	73rd	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Issaquena County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	524	82nd	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.0%	18th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	508	82nd	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	62.8%	70th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$54,400	78th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	3.0	1st	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1	65th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Issaquena County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$10,458	82nd	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$22,396	77th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	40.0%	5th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Issaquena County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	10	82nd	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	99	81st	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	40	81st	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$0	82nd	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$0	82nd	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	81st	$7,045,097	$613,795,732