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

Madison County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home median value

Madison County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per capita

Madison County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Madison County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Madison County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per household

Madison County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Madison County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Foreign born residents

Madison County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Madison County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Asian

Madison County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Madison County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	98,468	6th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	714.5	15th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	133.2	8th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Madison County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	34th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.3%	14th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.4%	75th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Madison County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.6%	1st	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	44.6%	1st	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Madison County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	57.9%	44th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	38.6%	40th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	23rd	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.2%	4th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	20th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	48th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	19th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	55.8%	44th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Madison County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	52.1%	26th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.1%	3rd	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Madison County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	39,088	6th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	19.6%	11th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	35,297	6th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.7%	58th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$190,600	1st	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	44th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	636	3rd	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Madison County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$32,223	1st	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$59,730	2nd	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.0%	79th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Madison County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,749	4th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	42,676	6th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	11,036	5th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,268,437	9th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,172	10th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$180,563	8th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732