Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Jefferson Davis County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Jefferson Davis County is 18th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Jefferson Davis County is 20th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home ownership rate

Jefferson Davis County is 20th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	Jefferson Davis County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	12,032	66th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	408.4	76th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	30.6	52nd	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jefferson Davis County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	64th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.2%	72nd	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.2%	5th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jefferson Davis County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	75.1%	50th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.6%	57th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jefferson Davis County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	39.2%	65th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	59.5%	18th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	44th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	61st	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	36th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	54th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	65th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	38.5%	62nd	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jefferson Davis County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	52.1%	28th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.0%	46th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jefferson Davis County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	5,843	63rd	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.0%	43rd	13.4%	25.9%
Households	4,905	62nd	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.1%	20th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$69,500	55th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	73rd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	76th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jefferson Davis County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$15,423	67th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$25,842	73rd	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	28.2%	20th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jefferson Davis County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	149	71st	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,222	70th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	962	63rd	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$57,305	67th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,508	66th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$6,156	56th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732