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

Walthall County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home ownership rate

Walthall County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in People per household

Walthall County is 13th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Two or More

Walthall County is 14th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Walthall County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	Walthall County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	15,100	59th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	403.9	81st	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	38.2	47th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Walthall County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.3%	57th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.2%	32nd	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.8%	14th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Walthall County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	74.6%	53rd	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.6%	50th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Walthall County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	53.7%	51st	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	44.4%	31st	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	16th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	51st	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	67th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	13th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	39th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	52.6%	49th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Walthall County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.4%	46th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	72nd	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Walthall County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	7,169	58th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	2.7%	76th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	5,286	59th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	84.8%	4th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$81,900	29th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.9	7th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	71st	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Walthall County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$16,592	57th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$34,045	37th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	24.2%	35th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Walthall County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	225	57th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,996	62nd	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,301	54th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$124,687	55th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,113	41st	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	79th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732