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

Stone County is 6th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per capita

Stone County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per household

Stone County is 13th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Stone County is 13th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White

Stone County is 13th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Stone County is 14th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home ownership rate

Stone County is 15th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Stone County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home median value

Stone County is 18th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Stone County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	18,028	53rd	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	445.5	62nd	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	39.9	45th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Stone County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	65th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.1%	66th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.0%	63rd	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Stone County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.8%	15th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.1%	47th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Stone County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	78.3%	13th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	19.8%	71st	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	13th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	30th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	72nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	27th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	44th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	76.9%	13th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Stone County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	50.0%	72nd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.9%	50th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Stone County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	7,343	56th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.8%	62nd	13.4%	25.9%
Households	6,083	57th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.1%	14th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$106,900	16th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	35th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	14	27th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Stone County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$23,209	6th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$43,731	8th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.3%	72nd	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Stone County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	265	53rd	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,839	55th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,376	52nd	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$190,727	39th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,237	18th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$18,606	35th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732