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

Jackson County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Two or More

Jackson County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Housing units

Jackson County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Jackson County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Jackson County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Current population (2012)

Jackson County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Households

Jackson County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per capita

Jackson County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per household

Jackson County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Asian

Jackson County is 6th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	140,298	5th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	722.8	14th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	193.2	4th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.4%	54th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.9%	39th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.4%	59th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.0%	8th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.6%	18th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	73.5%	17th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	22.1%	66th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	11th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.2%	5th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	18th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	3rd	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	10th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	69.3%	19th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	50.8%	62nd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.6%	7th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	61,157	4th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.8%	21st	13.4%	25.9%
Households	50,185	5th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.2%	54th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$129,100	8th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	21st	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	343	7th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$23,547	5th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$49,620	5th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.0%	77th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jackson County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,225	7th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	46,652	4th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	9,245	6th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,305,043	8th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,964	29th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$178,044	9th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732