People QuickFacts
Mississippi
USA
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
USA
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
USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles)
46,906
3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000
60.6
79.6
