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Madison County Facts

Census Statistics

	Madison County	Mississippi
Population, 2003 estimate	79,758	2,881,281
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	6.8%	1.3%
Population, 2000	74,674	2,844,658
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	38.8%	10.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.8%	7.2%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	28.6%	27.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	9.7%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.6%	51.7%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	60.3%	61.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	37.5%	36.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	0.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.5%	0.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.0%	1.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	59.7%	60.7%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	52.3%	58.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.7%	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	83.0%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	37.9%	16.9%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	10,840	607,570
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	24.5	24.6?
Housing units, 2002	30,181	1,195,133
Homeownership rate, 2000	70.9%	72.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	20.9%	13.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$117,000	$71,400?
Households, 2000	27,219	1,046,434
Persons per household, 2000	2.67	2.63
Median household income, 1999	$46,970	$31,330
Per capita money income, 1999	$23,469	$15,853
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	14.0%	19.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,980	59,056
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	29,326	926,868
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	6.5%	-3.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	4,802	134,853
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	396,648	39,658,260
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	679,784	20,774,508
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,590	$7,605
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	13.9%	13.1%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	22.7%	22.8%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,207	11,276
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	554,580	21,308,498
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	717	46,907
Persons per square mile, 2000	104.1	60.6
Metropolitan Area	Jackson, MS MSA	?
FIPS Code	089	28

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