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

Perry County is 37th out of 3,143 other counties in Home ownership rate

Perry County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Home ownership rate

Perry County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White

Perry County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Perry County is 17th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income per household

Size Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	12,086	65th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	647.2	26th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	18.9	73rd	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	46th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.3%	50th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.1%	24th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.3%	24th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	9.0%	80th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	78.3%	12th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	20.1%	69th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	36th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	57th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	78th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	28th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	68th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	77.5%	12th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	51.2%	54th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.4%	64th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	5,556	64th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.5%	71st	13.4%	25.9%
Households	4,709	64th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	86.1%	2nd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$82,200	28th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	50th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2	49th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$17,857	42nd	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$39,070	17th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.2%	64th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Perry County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	158	68th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,684	67th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	955	64th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$60,391	63rd	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,951	62nd	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,221	76th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732