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

Quitman County is 24th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Quitman County is 32nd out of 3,143 other counties in Income below poverty line

Quitman County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income below poverty line

Quitman County is 14th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Female residents

Quitman County is 14th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Quitman County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Quitman County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Size Demographics
	Quitman County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	7,798	79th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	405.0	79th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	20.3	70th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Quitman County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	16th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.0%	19th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.8%	41st	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Quitman County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	65.9%	78th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.0%	62nd	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Quitman County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	29.4%	69th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	69.2%	14th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	55th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	60th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	75th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	23rd	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	79th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	28.9%	70th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Quitman County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	52.5%	14th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.7%	55th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Quitman County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	3,544	80th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.5%	28th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	3,153	79th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.0%	65th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$47,700	82nd	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	45th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	8	36th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Quitman County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$13,293	74th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$24,545	76th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	36.3%	8th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Quitman County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	115	77th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	759	78th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	353	79th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$24,719	78th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$2,815	77th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,903	69th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732