People QuickFacts Tallahatchie County Mississippi Population, 2012 estimate 15,111 2,984,926 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 15,378 2,967,299 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.7% 0.6% Population, 2010 15,378 2,967,297 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.8% 7.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.3% 25.2% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.7% 13.0% Female persons, percent, 2011 44.8% 51.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 41.1% 60.0% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 56.7% 37.3% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 0.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 0.9% 1.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 5.7% 2.9% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 36.1% 57.7%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.1% 85.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 3.9% 2.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 7.9% 3.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 63.7% 80.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 9.1% 19.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 621 209,408 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 26.6 23.9  Housing units, 2011 5,473 1,281,711 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 74.9% 70.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 4.5% 13.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $57,700 $99,200 Households, 2007-2011 4,626 1,085,062 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.83 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $13,265 $20,521 Median household income, 2007-2011 $27,092 $38,718 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 32.8% 21.6%     Business QuickFacts Tallahatchie County Mississippi Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 182 59,300 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 1,830 882,181 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 25.1 -7.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 694 196,184  Total number of firms, 2007 728 225,977 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 13.5% 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 17.0% 26.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 59,869,456 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 62,382 23,003,585 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 56,799 33,751,407 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $4,315 $11,552 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,639 7,045,097 Building permits, 2011 1 5,273     Geography QuickFacts Tallahatchie County Mississippi Land area in square miles, 2010 645.29 46,923.27 Persons per square mile, 2010 23.8 63.2 FIPS Code 135 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