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Lee County Facts

Census Statistics

	Lee County	Mississippi
Population, 2003 estimate	77,690	2,881,281
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.6%	1.3%
Population, 2000	75,755	2,844,658
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	15.5%	10.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.5%	7.2%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	27.7%	27.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	11.5%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.0%	51.7%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	73.7%	61.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	24.5%	36.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	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	0.7%	0.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.2%	1.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	73.1%	60.7%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	55.2%	58.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.1%	1.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.2%	3.6%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	74.7%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	18.1%	16.9%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	14,793	607,570
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	19.3	24.6?
Housing units, 2002	32,240	1,195,133
Homeownership rate, 2000	69.2%	72.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	16.8%	13.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$85,500	$71,400?
Households, 2000	29,200	1,046,434
Persons per household, 2000	2.55	2.63
Median household income, 1999	$36,165	$31,330
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,956	$15,853
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	13.4%	19.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	2,222	59,056
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	47,300	926,868
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-4.2%	-3.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	3,694	134,853
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	2,708,409	39,658,260
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	975,837	20,774,508
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$13,239	$7,605
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	6.8%	13.1%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	19.5%	22.8%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	105	11,276
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	348,287	21,308,498
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	450	46,907
Persons per square mile, 2000	168.5	60.6
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	081	28

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