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

Pike County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Pike County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Pike County is 13th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Pike County is 14th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Pike County is 15th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Pike County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Pike County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales

Pike County is 18th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Female residents

Pike County is 18th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Pike County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Pike County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	40,100	19th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	409.0	75th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	98.8	13th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Pike County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.4%	14th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.7%	12th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.7%	43rd	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Pike County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	78.0%	33rd	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.2%	28th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Pike County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	45.8%	60th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	52.5%	24th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	35th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	19th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	77th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.7%	62nd	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	58th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	60th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Pike County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	52.4%	18th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	43rd	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Pike County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	17,914	19th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.1%	25th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	14,849	19th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.9%	56th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$82,200	27th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	32nd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1	58th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Pike County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$18,454	31st	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$32,751	46th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	26.2%	28th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Pike County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	989	16th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	12,813	15th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,533	18th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$544,686	16th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,694	12th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$50,918	22nd	$7,045,097	$613,795,732