People QuickFacts Sunflower County Mississippi Population, 2012 estimate 28,431 2,984,926 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 29,450 2,967,299 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -3.5% 0.6% Population, 2010 29,450 2,967,297 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.1% 7.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.0% 25.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.5% 13.0% Female persons, percent, 2011 46.4% 51.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 26.4% 60.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 72.4% 37.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 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 0.5% 1.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 1.5% 2.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 25.6% 57.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 85.3% 85.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 0.6% 2.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.6% 3.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 68.8% 80.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 13.8% 19.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,226 209,408 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 17.4 23.9  Housing units, 2011 9,550 1,281,711 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 58.5% 70.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 14.7% 13.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $65,500 $99,200 Households, 2007-2011 8,459 1,085,062 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.00 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $12,601 $20,521 Median household income, 2007-2011 $27,042 $38,718 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 31.8% 21.6%     Business QuickFacts Sunflower County Mississippi Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 458 59,300 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 5,431 882,181 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -26.6 -7.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 1,353 196,184  Total number of firms, 2007 1,945 225,977 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.5% 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 28.6% 26.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 59,869,456 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 23,003,585 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 211,330 33,751,407 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $6,825 $11,552 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 15,067 7,045,097 Building permits, 2011 38 5,273     Geography QuickFacts Sunflower County Mississippi Land area in square miles, 2010 697.75 46,923.27 Persons per square mile, 2010 42.2 63.2 FIPS Code 133 28 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Indianola, MS Micro 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