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

Yazoo County is 1st in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Size in square miles

Yazoo County is 4th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in People per household

Yazoo County is 5th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Foreign born residents

Yazoo County is 6th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Yazoo County is 15th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Income below poverty line

Yazoo County is 19th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Yazoo County is 20th in Mississippi out of 82 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Yazoo County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Current population (2012)	28,195	34th	2,984,926	313,914,040
Size in square miles	923.0	1st	46,923.3	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	30.4	53rd	63.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Yazoo County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	32nd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.3%	51st	25.0%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.2%	72nd	13.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Yazoo County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	74.4%	54th	80.3%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.0%	48th	19.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Yazoo County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Race - White	41.2%	63rd	59.9%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	57.1%	20th	37.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	25th	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	27th	0.9%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	58th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	36th	1.1%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	6th	2.9%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	36.7%	64th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Yazoo County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Female residents	44.5%	80th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.9%	5th	2.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Yazoo County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Housing units	10,041	41st	1,281,711	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.9%	19th	13.4%	25.9%
Households	8,518	40th	1,085,062	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	62.7%	71st	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$67,000	60th	$99,200	$186,200
People per household	2.9	4th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	5	43rd	6,039	829,658

Income Demographics
	Yazoo County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Income per capita	$14,730	71st	$20,521	$27,915
Income per household	$27,979	67th	$38,718	$52,762
Income below poverty line	32.2%	15th	21.6%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Yazoo County	Rank	Mississippi	US
Non-farm private establishments	399	39th	58,592	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,950	49th	887,772	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,886	36th	225,977	27,092,908
Retail sales	$230,475	35th	$33,751,407	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,056	42nd	$11,552	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$12,405	48th	$7,045,097	$613,795,732