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

Itawamba County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White

Itawamba County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Itawamba County is 15th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Itawamba County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home ownership rate

Size Demographics
	Itawamba County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	23,340	40th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	532.8	45th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	43.9	42nd	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Itawamba County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	74th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	70th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.8%	15th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Itawamba County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	74.0%	59th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.3%	59th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Itawamba County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	92.5%	2nd	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.4%	81st	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	54th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	63rd	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	38th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	73rd	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	49th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	91.3%	2nd	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Itawamba County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.2%	52nd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.2%	74th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Itawamba County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	10,103	40th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.5%	70th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	8,870	38th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.3%	16th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$80,500	34th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	71st	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	7	39th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Itawamba County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$18,307	33rd	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$37,769	21st	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.9%	80th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Itawamba County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	339	48th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,270	46th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,007	33rd	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$135,017	50th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,876	57th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$12,294	49th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732