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Mississippi

Ranked #50 out of 50 of the Best places to Live with a Gross State Product of $76,205,000,000.00


Mississippi Facts VS. USA :

Population, 2006 estimate 2,910,540 299,398,484
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 2.3% 6.4%
Population, 2000 2,844,658 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 7.2% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 26.1% 24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 12.4% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2006 51.6% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 60.9% 80.1%
Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 37.1% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.5% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.8% 4.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) Z 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 0.7% 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) 1.8% 14.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 59.3% 66.4%
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, 2006 1,241,489 126,316,181
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, 2004 $34,278 $44,334
Per capita money income, 1999 $15,853 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 19.3% 12.7%
Business QuickFacts Mississippi USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 60,5421 7,499,702
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 926,9521 116,317,003
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 -3.1%1 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2005 163,761 20,392,068
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, 2006 16,618 1,838,903
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 22,337,6971 2,143,781,7272
Geography QuickFacts Mississippi USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 46,906.96 3,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 2000 60.6 79.6
FIPS Code 28