Lauderdale County, Tennessee Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Lauderdale County is 4th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Lauderdale County is 5th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Lauderdale County is 6th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Income below poverty line

Lauderdale County is 13th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Lauderdale County is 18th in Tennessee out of 95 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Current population (2012)	27,718	54th	6,456,243	313,914,040
Size in square miles	472.0	45th	41,234.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	58.9	57th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents younger than 5	6.4%	13th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.9%	24th	23.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.0%	87th	14.2%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	74.5%	73rd	83.2%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.2%	76th	23.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Race - White	62.7%	91st	79.3%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	35.0%	5th	17.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	4th	0.4%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	55th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	88th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	58th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	51st	4.8%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	61.0%	90th	75.1%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Female residents	47.6%	88th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.7%	46th	4.5%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Housing units	11,221	57th	2,829,025	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.4%	22nd	18.1%	25.9%
Households	9,577	57th	2,457,997	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	65.8%	86th	69.0%	66.1%
Home median value	$78,100	89th	$137,200	$186,200
People per household	2.6	18th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	31	49th	20,147	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Income per capita	$16,321	88th	$24,197	$27,915
Income per household	$34,078	70th	$43,989	$52,762
Income below poverty line	25.3%	6th	16.9%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lauderdale County	Rank	Tennessee	US
Non-farm private establishments	305	62nd	129,489	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,821	58th	2,300,542	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,446	69th	545,348	27,092,908
Retail sales	$151,836	61st	$77,547,291	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,708	68th	$12,563	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,726	67th	$10,626,759	$613,795,732