United States—U.S. Statistics—Census Data

QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

Mississippi

	People QuickFacts	Mississippi
Population, 2005 estimate	2,921,088	296,410,404
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005	2.7%	5.3%
Population, 2000	2,844,658	281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005	7.3%	6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005	25.6%	24.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005	12.3%	12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2005	51.4%	50.7%

White persons, percent, 2005 (a)	61.2%	80.2%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)	36.9%	12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)	0.4%	1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)	0.7%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)	0.0%	0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005	0.6%	1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)	1.7%	14.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005	59.7%	66.9%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over	58.5%	54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.4%	11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.6%	17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	72.9%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	16.9%	24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	607,570	49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	24.6	25.5

Housing units, 2005	1,235,496	124,521,886
Homeownership rate, 2000	72.3%	66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	13.3%	26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$71,400	$119,600

Households, 2000	1,046,434	105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000	2.63	2.59
Median household income, 2003	$32,397	$43,318
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,853	$21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003	18.3%	12.5%

	Business QuickFacts	Mississippi
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004	60,534²	7,387,724
Private nonfarm employment, 2004	928,313²	115,074,924
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004	-3.0%²	0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2004	156,166¹	19,523,741

Total number of firms, 2002	187,602	22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002	13.3%	5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002	0.4%	0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002	1.6%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002	0.1%	0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002	0.7%	6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002	25.1%	28.2%

Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)	38,276,054	3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)	19,215,751	4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)	25,017,531	3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002	$8,724	$10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)	5,486,105	449,498,718
Building permits, 2005	13,396	2,155,316
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)	22,337,697²	2,143,781,727³

	Geography QuickFacts	Mississippi
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	46,906	3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000	60.6	79.6
FIPS Code	28

1: The 2004 Nonemployer totals may be low due to late tax reporting in hurricane-impacted counties/regions in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
2: Includes data not distributed by county.
3: Includes data not distributed by state.

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(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 U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:05:55 EST