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

Lowndes County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Lowndes County is 10th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Lowndes County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Current population (2012)

Lowndes County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home median value

Lowndes County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Households

Lowndes County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Housing units

Lowndes County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Lowndes County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Female residents

Lowndes County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales

Lowndes County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Lowndes County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	59,670	11th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	505.5	47th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	118.3	9th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lowndes County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.8%	39th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.5%	44th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.6%	55th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lowndes County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.8%	21st	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.8%	13th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lowndes County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	54.0%	50th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	44.0%	32nd	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	75th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	15th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	21st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	25th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	40th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	52.7%	48th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lowndes County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	52.6%	12th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.8%	28th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lowndes County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	26,671	11th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	15.7%	15th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	23,243	11th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.0%	69th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$110,400	11th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	77th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	149	13th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lowndes County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$21,627	13th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$37,626	23rd	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.8%	39th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lowndes County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,500	10th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	21,016	11th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,145	12th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$809,310	12th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,596	13th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$88,621	19th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732