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

Washington County is 18th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Washington County is 24th out of 3,143 other counties in Female residents

Washington County is 37th out of 3,143 other counties in Income below poverty line

Washington County is 3rd in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Female residents

Washington County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Washington County is 9th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Washington County is 10th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Washington County is 11th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income below poverty line

Washington County is 12th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Washington County is 13th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Washington County is 13th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Size in square miles

Washington County is 14th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Current population (2012)

Washington County is 14th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Size Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	49,750	14th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	724.7	13th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	70.6	20th	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	7.5%	9th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.4%	9th	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.0%	64th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	74.6%	52nd	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.8%	17th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	27.2%	73rd	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	71.3%	10th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	70th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	21st	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	65th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	67th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	57th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	26.5%	73rd	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	53.5%	3rd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.2%	42nd	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	21,282	17th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	19.3%	12th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	18,821	15th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	54.8%	78th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$73,600	50th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.7	25th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	9	31st	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$16,856	55th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$28,591	66th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	36.0%	11th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Washington County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,213	13th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	14,651	14th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,469	14th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$577,738	15th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,413	26th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$93,800	18th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732