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

Tishomingo County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White

Tishomingo County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Tishomingo County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Tishomingo County is 18th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home ownership rate

Tishomingo County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Foreign born residents

Tishomingo County is 20th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	Tishomingo County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	19,591	49th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	424.2	65th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	46.2	41st	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Tishomingo County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	76th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.6%	71st	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.9%	3rd	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Tishomingo County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	76.5%	38th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.8%	54th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Tishomingo County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	95.8%	1st	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.8%	82nd	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	20th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	66th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	68th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	43rd	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	21st	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.4%	1st	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Tishomingo County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.6%	42nd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.1%	19th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Tishomingo County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	10,340	38th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.1%	50th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	7,531	48th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.2%	18th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$75,000	43rd	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	61st	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1	57th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Tishomingo County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$18,063	37th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$30,734	55th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.2%	61st	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Tishomingo County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	345	45th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,995	48th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,634	44th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$112,571	57th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,867	58th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,168	54th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732