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

Tunica County is 9th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Tunica County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Tunica County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Tunica County is 2nd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Tunica County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Tunica County is 6th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Tunica County is 10th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Foreign born residents

Tunica County is 14th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Tunica County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Female residents

Tunica County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Asian

Tunica County is 16th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Tunica County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	10,475	69th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	454.7	60th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	23.7	66th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Tunica County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	8.5%	3rd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	30.2%	1st	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.0%	81st	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Tunica County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	69.9%	73rd	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.7%	41st	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Tunica County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	23.8%	78th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	74.4%	6th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	67th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	16th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	14th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	42nd	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	30th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	79th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Tunica County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	52.4%	16th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.4%	10th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Tunica County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	4,840	71st	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	32.7%	2nd	13.4%	25.9%
Households	3,992	69th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	49.7%	82nd	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$57,900	75th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	40th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	14	26th	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Tunica County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$14,963	68th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$30,470	56th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	27.2%	22nd	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Tunica County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	220	59th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	10,234	21st	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	509	76th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$130,682	52nd	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,457	16th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,308,603	2nd	$7,045,097	$613,795,732