Pearl River County, Mississippi Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Pearl River County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Two or More

Pearl River County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Size in square miles

Pearl River County is 6th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White

Pearl River County is 7th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Pearl River County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home median value

Pearl River County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per household

Pearl River County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Pearl River County is 10th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Pearl River County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Pearl River County is 13th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Pearl River County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	55,295	13th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	810.9	4th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	68.9	22nd	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Pearl River County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	49th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.0%	54th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.0%	27th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Pearl River County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.9%	18th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.8%	35th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Pearl River County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	84.6%	6th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	12.7%	77th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	9th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	22nd	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	23rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	4th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	18th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	81.9%	7th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Pearl River County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	50.7%	63rd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.2%	41st	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Pearl River County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	23,986	13th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.8%	51st	13.4%	25.9%
Households	20,581	13th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.3%	24th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$119,100	9th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	29th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	170	11th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Pearl River County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$20,347	18th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$42,971	9th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.6%	60th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Pearl River County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	813	19th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	7,310	32nd	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,224	10th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$615,612	13th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,779	24th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$43,186	23rd	$7,045,097	$613,795,732