Welcome to Mississippi, USA

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Mississippi QuickFacts from US Census Bureau

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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