People QuickFacts	Covington County	Mississippi
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	19,607	2,984,926
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	19,568	2,967,299
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	0.2%	0.6%
 	Population, 2010    	19,568	2,967,297
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	7.3%	7.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	25.9%	25.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	15.5%	13.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.5%	51.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	63.0%	60.0%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	35.7%	37.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.3%	0.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	0.8%	1.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	2.0%	2.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	61.7%	57.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	91.0%	85.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	0.3%	2.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.3%	3.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	78.5%	80.3%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	15.6%	19.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,488	209,408
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	27.8	23.9 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	8,501	1,281,711
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	84.7%	70.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	3.8%	13.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$78,900	$99,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	7,040	1,085,062
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.74	2.64
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$16,917	$20,521
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$31,127	$38,718
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	28.4%	21.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Covington County	Mississippi
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	320	59,300
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	3,941	882,181
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-4.6	-7.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,383	196,184 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,495	225,977
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	12.3%	18.0%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	1.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.8%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	20.1%	26.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	59,869,456
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	66,560	23,003,585
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	171,612	33,751,407
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$8,453	$11,552
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	11,175	7,045,097
 	Building permits, 2011     	2	5,273

   	Geography QuickFacts	Covington County	Mississippi
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	413.79	46,923.27
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	47.3	63.2
 	FIPS Code    	031	28
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(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