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

Kemper County is 46th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Kemper County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Kemper County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Size in square miles

Kemper County is 17th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Kemper County is 18th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	Kemper County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	10,335	71st	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	766.2	8th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	13.6	80th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Kemper County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	80th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.7%	76th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.3%	22nd	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Kemper County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	73.9%	61st	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.9%	64th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Kemper County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	35.1%	66th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	60.4%	17th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	3.6%	4th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	78th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	34th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	52nd	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	80th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	34.9%	66th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Kemper County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	50.4%	68th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.8%	51st	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Kemper County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	4,717	73rd	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.5%	33rd	13.4%	25.9%
Households	3,794	72nd	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	75.6%	40th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$63,300	66th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	60th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	75th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Kemper County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$14,432	72nd	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$25,584	75th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	28.8%	18th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Kemper County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	122	73rd	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,175	73rd	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	567	72nd	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$46,672	71st	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,670	64th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,374	74th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732