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

Copiah County is 6th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Size in square miles

Copiah County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in People per household

Copiah County is 20th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per household

Copiah County is 20th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Copiah County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	28,955	30th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	777.2	6th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	37.9	48th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Copiah County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.1%	26th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.7%	43rd	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.5%	44th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Copiah County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	79.9%	26th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.4%	37th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Copiah County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	47.4%	58th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	51.1%	25th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	72nd	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	46th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	47th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	59th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	20th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	45.3%	59th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Copiah County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.6%	40th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.4%	34th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Copiah County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	12,256	30th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.9%	56th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	10,045	31st	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.2%	31st	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$75,500	40th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.8	12th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	5	44th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Copiah County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$17,823	43rd	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$38,154	20th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.8%	54th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Copiah County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	414	37th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,081	37th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,803	40th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$143,069	48th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,889	63rd	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$15,675	39th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732