Pontotoc, Mississippi Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Pontotoc is 2nd in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Foreign born residents

Pontotoc is 5th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Pontotoc is 6th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in People per household

Pontotoc is 15th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Pontotoc is 18th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Pontotoc, Mississippi Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Pontotoc	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	5,787	57th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	11.2	55th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	503.1	56th	63.2	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Pontotoc	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.4%	39th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.4%	23rd	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.3%	18th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Pontotoc	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	74.1%	58th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	16.2%	53rd	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Pontotoc	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	70.1%	23rd	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	20.4%	50th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	15th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	66th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	35th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	25th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	5th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	67.2%	25th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Pontotoc	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	52.6%	37th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	13.4%	2nd	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Pontotoc	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	2,325	66th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.8%	64th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	1,861	67th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.1%	38th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$97,200	41st	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.9	6th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Pontotoc	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$17,455	56th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$39,634	28th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.6%	53rd	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Pontotoc	Rank	Mississippi	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	530	59th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$142,982	50th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$24,475	24th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$12,461	45th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732

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