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

Rankin County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per capita

Rankin County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per household

Rankin County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Rankin County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Rankin County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales

Rankin County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Rankin County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Rankin County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Current population (2012)

Rankin County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Households

Rankin County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Size Demographics
	Rankin County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	145,165	4th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	775.5	7th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	182.6	6th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Rankin County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	44th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.9%	38th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.3%	71st	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Rankin County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.8%	4th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	28.1%	5th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Rankin County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	77.9%	14th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	19.6%	72nd	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	33rd	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.2%	7th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	4th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	22nd	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	23rd	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	75.8%	14th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Rankin County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.7%	38th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.1%	20th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Rankin County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	56,944	5th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.2%	23rd	13.4%	25.9%
Households	52,539	4th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.5%	37th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$144,400	7th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	49th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	529	4th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Rankin County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$27,183	3rd	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$56,159	3rd	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.4%	81st	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Rankin County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,400	3rd	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	49,893	3rd	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	12,782	3rd	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,226,182	3rd	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,103	7th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$197,777	7th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732