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

Leflore County is 14th out of 3,143 other counties in Income below poverty line

Leflore County is 14th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Leflore County is 23rd out of 3,143 other counties in Female residents

Leflore County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Female residents

Leflore County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income below poverty line

Leflore County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Leflore County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Leflore County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Leflore County is 10th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Leflore County is 13th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Foreign born residents

Leflore County is 15th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Leflore County is 18th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Leflore County is 20th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	Leflore County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	30,948	27th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	592.5	33rd	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	54.5	27th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Leflore County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	8.0%	7th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.7%	7th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.4%	70th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Leflore County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	68.3%	77th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.1%	29th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Leflore County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	25.7%	76th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	72.7%	7th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	24th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	20th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	29th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	69th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	27th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	76th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Leflore County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	53.5%	2nd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.1%	13th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Leflore County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	12,952	27th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	19.7%	10th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	11,062	27th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	51.0%	80th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$66,100	61st	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	20th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	17	25th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Leflore County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$12,754	77th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$22,353	78th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	40.4%	4th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Leflore County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	738	22nd	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	12,147	18th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,599	45th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$438,713	20th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,503	15th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$51,401	21st	$7,045,097	$613,795,732