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Forrest County Facts

Census Statistics

	Forrest County	Mississippi
Population, 2003 estimate	74,386	2,881,281
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.5%	1.3%
Population, 2000	72,604	2,844,658
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	6.3%	10.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.9%	7.2%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.5%	27.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	11.3%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.8%	51.7%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	64.3%	61.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	33.6%	36.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	0.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.8%	0.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.3%	1.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	63.7%	60.7%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	48.6%	58.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.0%	1.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	4.1%	3.6%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	79.3%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	22.8%	16.9%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	14,520	607,570
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	21.6	24.6?
Housing units, 2002	30,585	1,195,133
Homeownership rate, 2000	60.2%	72.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	26.3%	13.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$69,100	$71,400?
Households, 2000	27,183	1,046,434
Persons per household, 2000	2.47	2.63
Median household income, 1999	$27,420	$31,330
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,160	$15,853
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	22.5%	19.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	2,153	59,056
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	33,946	926,868
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.8%	-3.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	3,762	134,853
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,037,051	39,658,260
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	852,439	20,774,508
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$11,577	$7,605
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	6.9%	13.1%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.4%	22.8%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	421	11,276
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	501,693	21,308,498
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	467	46,907
Persons per square mile, 2000	155.6	60.6
Metropolitan Area	Hattiesburg, MS MSA	?
FIPS Code	035	28

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