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

Leake County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Leake County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Leake County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in People per household

Leake County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Leake County is 13th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Leake County is 18th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Foreign born residents

Leake County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Two or More

Size Demographics
	Leake County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	23,297	41st	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	583	38th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	40.8	44th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Leake County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.6%	8th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	29.9%	2nd	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.7%	52nd	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Leake County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	75.7%	47th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.3%	70th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Leake County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	50.9%	55th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	41.0%	38th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	6.7%	2nd	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	44th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	31st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	19th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	13th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	48.3%	55th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Leake County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	48.6%	76th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.6%	18th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Leake County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	9,458	45th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.5%	68th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	7,756	47th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.8%	33rd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$74,400	46th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.9	5th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1	62nd	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Leake County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$15,559	66th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$32,537	47th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	24.1%	37th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Leake County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	301	52nd	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,627	45th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,195	55th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$180,447	41st	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,927	44th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$13,004	47th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732