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People QuickFacts | DeSoto County | Mississippi
Population, 2012 estimate | 166,234 | 2,984,926
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 161,256 | 2,967,299
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.1% | 0.6%
Population, 2010 | 161,252 | 2,967,297
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.7% | 6.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 27.5% | 25.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 11.0% | 13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.5% | 51.4%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 73.4% | 59.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 23.4% | 37.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 0.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.3% | 0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.3% | 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 4.9% | 2.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 69.1% | 57.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 85.3% | 85.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.6% | 2.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 5.9% | 3.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 88.1% | 80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 21.3% | 19.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 11,750 | 209,408
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 25 | 23.9
Housing units, 2011 | 62,244 | 1,281,711
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 76.9% | 70.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.4% | 13.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $153,600 | $99,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 56,641 | 1,085,062
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.79 | 2.64
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $25,065 | $20,521
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $59,734 | $38,718
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.5% | 21.6%
Business QuickFacts | DeSoto County | Mississippi
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 2,543 | 58,592
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 42,540 | 887,772
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 4.5% | 0.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 11,109 | 198,171
Total number of firms, 2007 | 12,573 | 225,977
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 13.0% | 18.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.8% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.5% | 0.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.5% | 26.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,663,506 | 59,869,456
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,676,805 | 23,003,585
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,069,453 | 33,751,407
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,825 | $11,552
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 256,752 | 7,045,097
Building permits, 2012 | 698 | 6,039
Geography QuickFacts | DeSoto County | Mississippi
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 476.15 | 46,923.27
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 338.7 | 63.2
FIPS Code | 33 | 28
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts