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

Union County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Union County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White

Union County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Union County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Union County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Two or More

Union County is 15th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Union County is 17th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	27,414	35th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	415.6	70th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	65.3	23rd	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.8%	37th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.5%	30th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.2%	34th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	76.1%	43rd	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.6%	42nd	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	83.4%	8th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	14.9%	74th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	69th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	67th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	5th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	12th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	11th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	79.4%	8th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.2%	53rd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.6%	17th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	11,553	33rd	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.4%	54th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	10,128	30th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.1%	43rd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$85,000	21st	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	36th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	103	15th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$18,636	29th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$36,661	28th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.5%	50th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Union County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	490	32nd	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	7,349	31st	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,330	26th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$267,289	28th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,965	28th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$20,831	31st	$7,045,097	$613,795,732