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

Lincoln County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Lincoln County is 14th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per capita

Lincoln County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per household

Lincoln County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales

Lincoln County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Lincoln County is 20th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	34,900	23rd	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	586.1	37th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	59.5	26th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	29th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.6%	25th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.7%	42nd	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.6%	20th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.5%	21st	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	68.0%	26th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	30.6%	55th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	74th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	37th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	28th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	49th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	66th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	67.2%	23rd	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	52.2%	24th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.0%	45th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	15,330	22nd	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.2%	41st	13.4%	25.9%
Households	13,220	22nd	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.4%	38th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$80,600	32nd	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	52nd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	11	29th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$21,045	14th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$38,438	19th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.5%	68th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lincoln County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	769	21st	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	10,223	22nd	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,017	19th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$501,974	19th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,629	9th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$41,228	25th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732