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

Jefferson County is 1st out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Jefferson County is 7th out of 3,143 other counties in Income below poverty line

Jefferson County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Jefferson County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income below poverty line

Jefferson County is 14th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	7,638	80th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	519.9	46th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	14.9	77th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	66th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.8%	69th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.3%	61st	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	75.8%	45th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.5%	14th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	13.9%	82nd	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	85.4%	1st	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	51st	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	75th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	37th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.5%	79th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	82nd	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	82nd	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	50.3%	69th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.1%	80th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	3,632	79th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.8%	36th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	2,735	80th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.7%	57th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$64,300	65th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	39th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	77th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$12,857	76th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$20,375	82nd	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	42.8%	2nd	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	57	81st	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	654	79th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	552	73rd	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$18,620	81st	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$2,073	81st	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	82nd	$7,045,097	$613,795,732