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

Lauderdale County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Lauderdale County is 6th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Lauderdale County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales

Lauderdale County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Current population (2012)

Lauderdale County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Households

Lauderdale County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Housing units

Lauderdale County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Lauderdale County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Lauderdale County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Lauderdale County is 10th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	80,220	8th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	703.6	18th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	114.1	10th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	43rd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.5%	46th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.5%	45th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.9%	19th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.9%	20th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	55.0%	49th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	43.2%	34th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	41st	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	17th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	6th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	51st	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	38th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	53.6%	47th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.6%	41st	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.9%	24th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	34,626	8th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.9%	13th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	29,762	8th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.6%	64th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$85,200	20th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	66th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	113	14th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$20,688	16th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$35,420	34th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.4%	43rd	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,986	8th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	30,319	9th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	6,323	8th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,320,584	7th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,936	4th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$135,846	12th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732