Yazoo City, Mississippi Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Nationwide Claims to Fame

Yazoo City is 37th out of 6,405 other cities in Income below poverty line

Statewide Claims to Fame

Yazoo City is 1st in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Income below poverty line

Yazoo City is 1st in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Yazoo City is 1st in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Yazoo City is 2nd in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Yazoo City is 5th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in People per household

Yazoo City is 12th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Yazoo City is 19th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Female residents

Yazoo City is 20th in Mississippi out of 69 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Yazoo City	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	11,517	37th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	9.8	58th	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,159.1	20th	63.2	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Yazoo City	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	9.3%	2nd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	31.5%	1st	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.5%	37th	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Yazoo City	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	68.5%	66th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.2%	61st	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Yazoo City	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	16.2%	69th	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	82.5%	1st	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	35th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	52nd	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	43rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	64th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	69th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	69th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Yazoo City	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	54.2%	19th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.6%	63rd	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Yazoo City	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	4,442	40th	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	27.9%	12th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	3,717	41st	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	47.6%	65th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$70,300	66th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	3.0	5th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Yazoo City	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$11,938	68th	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$22,083	67th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	45.0%	1st	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Yazoo City	Rank	Mississippi	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	942	43rd	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$213,115	39th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,670	36th	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$11,867	49th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732

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