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

Tippah County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Tippah County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Two or More

Tippah County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Tippah County is 10th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White

Tippah County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	Tippah County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	22,025	43rd	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	457.8	59th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	48.6	34th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Tippah County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	41st	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.0%	37th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.3%	32nd	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Tippah County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	74.3%	56th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.3%	58th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Tippah County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	82.0%	10th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	16.1%	73rd	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	19th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	65th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	69th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	8th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	8th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	77.8%	9th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Tippah County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.0%	60th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.9%	27th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Tippah County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	9,748	42nd	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.7%	64th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	8,322	43rd	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.6%	36th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$74,300	47th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	47th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	6	41st	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Tippah County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$18,719	27th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$35,769	33rd	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.8%	46th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Tippah County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	343	46th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,391	39th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,674	43rd	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$130,910	51st	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,101	55th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$11,772	50th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732