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

Jones County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Jones County is 10th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Current population (2012)

Jones County is 10th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Households

Jones County is 10th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Housing units

Jones County is 10th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Jones County is 10th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Jones County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Jones County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Jones County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales

Jones County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	Jones County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	68,641	10th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	694.8	21st	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	97.5	14th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jones County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.4%	11th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.6%	24th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.9%	37th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jones County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	77.9%	34th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.1%	30th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jones County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	69.1%	24th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	29.0%	58th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	10th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	24th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	35th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	53rd	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	12th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	65.3%	28th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jones County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.4%	47th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.2%	12th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jones County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	28,499	10th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.5%	34th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	24,589	10th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.1%	50th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$85,000	22nd	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	31st	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	11	28th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jones County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$19,494	24th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$37,643	22nd	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.0%	45th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jones County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,357	11th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	25,488	10th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,578	13th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$816,399	11th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,212	19th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$442,842	3rd	$7,045,097	$613,795,732