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

Adams County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Adams County is 14th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Adams County is 15th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Adams County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Adams County is 17th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income below poverty line

Adams County is 18th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Adams County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	32,122	26th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	462.4	57th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	69.8	21st	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	67th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.6%	77th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.2%	23rd	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	79.6%	28th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.2%	19th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	44.5%	61st	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	53.7%	22nd	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	15th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	25th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	59th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	31st	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	2nd	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	38.2%	63rd	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	49.8%	73rd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.9%	26th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	14,546	25th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.3%	24th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	12,074	26th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.0%	62nd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$81,100	30th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	46th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2	50th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$17,249	52nd	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$26,784	71st	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	31.5%	17th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Adams County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	815	18th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	10,170	23rd	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,409	25th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$427,733	21st	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,528	14th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$98,002	16th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732