Ridgeland, Mississippi Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Ridgeland is 3rd in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Income per capita

Ridgeland is 3rd in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Ridgeland is 3rd in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Ridgeland is 4th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Foreign born residents

Ridgeland is 4th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Ridgeland is 6th in Mississippi out of 63 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Ridgeland is 6th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Home median value

Ridgeland is 6th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Race - Asian

Ridgeland is 8th in Mississippi out of 65 other cities in Retail sales

Ridgeland is 10th in Mississippi out of 58 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Ridgeland, Mississippi Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Ridgeland	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	24,258	15th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	19.6	29th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,226	15th	63.2	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Ridgeland	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	55th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.0%	56th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.2%	61st	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Ridgeland	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	93.2%	4th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	49.6%	3rd	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Ridgeland	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	59.5%	33rd	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	32.7%	40th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	59th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.0%	6th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	36th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	30th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	20th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	57.5%	35th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Ridgeland	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	53.8%	23rd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.6%	4th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Ridgeland	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	11,735	11th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	44.9%	3rd	13.4%	25.9%
Households	10,833	10th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	47.4%	66th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$170,200	6th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.2	69th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Ridgeland	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$37,116	3rd	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$51,529	16th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.1%	57th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Ridgeland	Rank	Mississippi	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,611	6th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$727,695	8th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$33,755	12th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$107,069	10th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732

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