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

Tate County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per household

Tate County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Two or More

Tate County is 15th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home median value

Tate County is 17th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Tate County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Tate County is 20th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Female residents

Size Demographics
	Tate County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	28,490	31st	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	404.8	80th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	71.4	19th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Tate County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.4%	53rd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.2%	33rd	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.8%	49th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Tate County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.2%	25th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.7%	36th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Tate County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	67.6%	29th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	30.6%	54th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	29th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	40th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	70th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	11th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	25th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	65.7%	27th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Tate County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	52.2%	20th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.3%	39th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Tate County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	10,970	36th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.4%	39th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	9,982	33rd	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.4%	46th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$107,000	15th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	23rd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	77	17th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Tate County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$19,882	22nd	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$41,839	11th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.1%	70th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Tate County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	354	43rd	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,895	50th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,107	30th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$237,674	32nd	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,833	34th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$14,639	43rd	$7,045,097	$613,795,732