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

Jasper County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home ownership rate

Jasper County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Jasper County is 17th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Size Demographics
	Jasper County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	16,523	56th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	676.2	25th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	25.2	62nd	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jasper County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.4%	56th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.7%	59th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.3%	9th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jasper County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	75.8%	46th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.7%	56th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jasper County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	46.6%	59th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	52.5%	23rd	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	52nd	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	62nd	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	17th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	76th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	74th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	46.1%	58th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jasper County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.7%	36th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.2%	75th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jasper County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	8,234	53rd	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	2.6%	77th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	6,874	52nd	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	82.8%	8th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$68,500	58th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	76th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	78th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jasper County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$18,696	28th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$28,914	63rd	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.0%	58th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jasper County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	210	60th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,304	53rd	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,100	58th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$68,927	62nd	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$3,839	69th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$4,405	61st	$7,045,097	$613,795,732