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

Grenada County is 6th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Grenada County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Female residents

Grenada County is 20th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per capita

Size Demographics
	Grenada County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	21,682	44th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	422.1	66th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	51.9	30th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Grenada County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	48th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.5%	47th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.7%	29th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Grenada County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	76.3%	42nd	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.2%	23rd	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Grenada County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	56.4%	47th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	42.1%	36th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	65th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	26th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	42nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	56th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	64th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	55.6%	45th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Grenada County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	52.8%	11th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.8%	53rd	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Grenada County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	10,108	39th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.0%	26th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	8,766	39th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.4%	61st	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$84,900	23rd	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	78th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	17	24th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Grenada County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$20,116	20th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$33,123	41st	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.5%	49th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Grenada County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	549	29th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	7,982	29th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,973	34th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$377,005	25th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,312	6th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$36,218	26th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732