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

Lafayette County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home median value

Lafayette County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Asian

Lafayette County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lafayette County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Lafayette County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Lafayette County is 6th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Lafayette County is 6th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Foreign born residents

Lafayette County is 10th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Lafayette County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per capita

Lafayette County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per household

Size Demographics
	Lafayette County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	49,495	15th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	631.7	29th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	75	18th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lafayette County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	78th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.8%	80th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.0%	78th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lafayette County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.3%	5th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	39.7%	3rd	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lafayette County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	72.1%	19th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	24.1%	62nd	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	43rd	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.4%	3rd	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	10th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	26th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	29th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	70.4%	18th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lafayette County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.0%	58th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.7%	6th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lafayette County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	23,242	14th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.6%	4th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	15,944	18th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.7%	72nd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$158,000	3rd	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	59th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	403	6th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lafayette County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$21,854	12th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$41,166	12th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.8%	40th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lafayette County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,046	14th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	12,724	16th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,805	17th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$507,113	18th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,711	22nd	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$96,237	17th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732