People QuickFacts

Mississippi

USA

Population, 2004 estimate

2,902,966

293,655,404

Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2004

2.0%

4.3%

Population, 2000

2,844,658

281,421,906

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

10.5%

13.1%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000

7.2%

6.8%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000

27.3%

25.7%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000

12.1%

12.4%

Female persons, percent, 2000

51.7%

50.9%

White persons, percent, 2000 (a)

61.4%

75.1%

Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)

36.3%

12.3%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.4%

0.9%

Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)

0.7%

3.6%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)

Z

0.1%

Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)

0.5%

5.5%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000

0.7%

2.4%

White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000

60.7%

69.1%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)

1.4%

12.5%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000

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, 2002

1,195,133

119,302,132

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, 1999

$31,330

$41,994

Per capita money income, 1999

$15,853

$21,587

Persons below poverty, percent, 1999

19.9%

12.4%

Business QuickFacts

Mississippi

USA

Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001

59,056

7,095,302

Private nonfarm employment, 2001

926,868

115,061,184

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001

-3.1%

0.9%

Nonemployer establishments, 2000

134,853

16,529,955

Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)

39,658,260

3,842,061,405

Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)

20,774,508

2,460,886,012

Retail sales per capita, 1997

$7,605

$9,190

Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

13.1%

14.6%

Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

22.8%

26.0%

Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002

11,276

1,747,678

Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)

21,308,498

1,901,247,889

Geography QuickFacts

Mississippi

USA

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

46,907

3,537,438

Persons per square mile, 2000

60.6

79.6

FIPS Code

28