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

Smith County is 6th out of 3,143 other counties in Home ownership rate

Smith County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home ownership rate

Smith County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White

Smith County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Smith County is 17th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Size Demographics
	Smith County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	16,345	57th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	636.2	28th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	25.9	58th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Smith County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	51st	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.8%	40th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.7%	17th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Smith County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	78.2%	32nd	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.3%	45th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Smith County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	75.6%	16th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	23.5%	63rd	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	64th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	81st	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	73rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	72nd	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	59th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	74.6%	16th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Smith County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.7%	39th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	67th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Smith County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	7,224	57th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	1.6%	82nd	13.4%	25.9%
Households	6,173	56th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	89.8%	1st	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$74,500	45th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	37th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2	51st	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Smith County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$19,545	23rd	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$36,795	27th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.0%	71st	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Smith County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	181	64th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,409	57th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,131	56th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$51,097	69th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$3,206	74th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,829	70th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732