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

Prentiss County is 6th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Prentiss County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White

Prentiss County is 18th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Two or More

Prentiss County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home ownership rate

Size Demographics
	Prentiss County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	25,390	39th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	415.0	71st	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	60.9	24th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Prentiss County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	45th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.4%	62nd	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.3%	21st	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Prentiss County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	73.8%	62nd	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.0%	63rd	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Prentiss County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	84.2%	7th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	14.3%	76th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	34th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	59th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	76th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	18th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	60th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	83.2%	6th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Prentiss County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	50.9%	61st	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.3%	36th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Prentiss County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	11,029	35th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.3%	29th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	9,638	36th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.1%	19th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$73,800	48th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	70th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	9	32nd	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Prentiss County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$17,115	53rd	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$32,518	48th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.6%	48th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Prentiss County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	506	31st	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,352	35th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,862	37th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$162,043	46th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,359	54th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$17,540	36th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732