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

Greene County is 48th out of 3,143 other counties in Home ownership rate

Greene County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home ownership rate

Greene County is 15th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per household

Greene County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Size in square miles

Greene County is 17th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Greene County is 20th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White

Size Demographics
	Greene County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	14,311	61st	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	712.8	16th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	20.2	71st	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Greene County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	5.3%	79th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.9%	78th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.9%	74th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Greene County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	74.3%	55th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	8.6%	81st	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Greene County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	71.7%	20th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	27.0%	61st	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	45th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	50th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	43rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	57th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	70th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	70.9%	17th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Greene County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	40.7%	81st	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.3%	37th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Greene County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	5,118	67th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.2%	48th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	4,233	67th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	85.7%	3rd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$75,300	41st	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	24th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	79th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Greene County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$14,759	69th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$40,404	15th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.8%	66th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Greene County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	123	72nd	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	841	76th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	783	68th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$39,126	73rd	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$2,857	76th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,698	71st	$7,045,097	$613,795,732