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

Sunflower County is 15th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Sunflower County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in People per household

Sunflower County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Sunflower County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income below poverty line

Sunflower County is 17th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Sunflower County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Sunflower County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	28,431	32nd	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	697.8	19th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	42.2	43rd	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Sunflower County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	35th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.9%	56th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.8%	80th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Sunflower County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	68.8%	75th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.8%	40th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Sunflower County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	26.2%	75th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	72.6%	8th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	31st	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	49th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	71st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.5%	81st	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	51st	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	25.4%	75th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Sunflower County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	47.1%	77th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.6%	58th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Sunflower County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	9,550	43rd	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.7%	17th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	8,459	41st	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	58.5%	76th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$65,500	62nd	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	3.0	2nd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	5	42nd	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Sunflower County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$12,601	78th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$27,042	70th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	31.8%	16th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Sunflower County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	469	34th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,182	41st	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,945	35th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$211,330	37th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,825	50th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$15,067	41st	$7,045,097	$613,795,732