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

Lamar County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home median value

Lamar County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per capita

Lamar County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Lamar County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Lamar County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per household

Lamar County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lamar County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Asian

Lamar County is 8th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Lamar County is 10th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales

Lamar County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Lamar County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	57,786	12th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	497.1	50th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	112	11th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lamar County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.1%	25th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.8%	22nd	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.0%	79th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lamar County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.9%	3rd	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.5%	4th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lamar County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	77.2%	15th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	20.1%	68th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	42nd	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.2%	8th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	33rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	15th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	28th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	75.2%	15th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lamar County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.8%	34th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.0%	21st	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lamar County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	25,083	12th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	20.3%	8th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	21,237	12th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.4%	60th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$158,100	2nd	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.5	65th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	22	23rd	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lamar County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$27,399	2nd	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$50,075	4th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.0%	73rd	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lamar County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,301	12th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	17,001	13th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,219	11th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$991,801	10th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$20,858	2nd	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$103,490	15th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732