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Grenada County Facts

Census Statistics

	Grenada County	Mississippi
Population, 2003 estimate	22,809	2,881,281
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-2.0%	1.3%
Population, 2000	23,263	2,844,658
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	7.9%	10.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.9%	7.2%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	27.2%	27.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	14.4%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	53.2%	51.7%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	57.9%	61.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	40.9%	36.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.5%	0.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.6%	1.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	57.7%	60.7%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	59.5%	58.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.0%	1.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.7%	3.6%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	63.8%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	13.5%	16.9%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	6,259	607,570
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	20.1	24.6?
Housing units, 2002	10,163	1,195,133
Homeownership rate, 2000	69.2%	72.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	12.5%	13.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$68,300	$71,400?
Households, 2000	8,820	1,046,434
Persons per household, 2000	2.58	2.63
Median household income, 1999	$27,385	$31,330
Per capita money income, 1999	$13,786	$15,853
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	20.9%	19.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	626	59,056
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	10,571	926,868
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.0%	-3.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,037	134,853
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	571,764	39,658,260
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	249,544	20,774,508
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$11,131	$7,605
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	15.4%	13.1%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	19.5%	22.8%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	23	11,276
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	144,276	21,308,498
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	422	46,907
Persons per square mile, 2000	55.2	60.6
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	043	28

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