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

Hinds County is 21st out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Hinds County is 46th out of 3,143 other counties in Female residents

Hinds County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Current population (2012)

Hinds County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Households

Hinds County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Housing units

Hinds County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Hinds County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Hinds County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales

Hinds County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Hinds County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Hinds County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Size in square miles

Hinds County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	Hinds County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	248,643	1st	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	869.7	3rd	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	282	3rd	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Hinds County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.1%	27th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.6%	26th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.2%	76th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Hinds County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.0%	10th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	27.7%	6th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Hinds County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	28.2%	72nd	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	69.8%	13th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	63rd	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	14th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	41st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	55th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	46th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	27.2%	72nd	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Hinds County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	53.1%	6th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.8%	29th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Hinds County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	103,036	1st	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	23.7%	5th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	88,159	1st	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	60.3%	73rd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$108,200	13th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	28th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	224	8th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Hinds County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$20,878	15th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$39,290	16th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.2%	44th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Hinds County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,550	1st	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	94,530	1st	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	21,768	1st	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,992,625	1st	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,021	20th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$403,797	4th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732