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Pearl River County Facts

Census Statistics

	Pearl River County	Mississippi
Population, 2003 estimate	50,894	2,881,281
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	4.7%	1.3%
Population, 2000	48,621	2,844,658
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	25.6%	10.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.0%	7.2%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	27.0%	27.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.6%	12.1%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.4%	51.7%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	85.6%	61.4%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	12.2%	36.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	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)	0.3%	0.5%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.1%	0.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.4%	1.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	84.7%	60.7%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	56.4%	58.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.2%	1.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	3.6%	3.6%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	74.6%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	13.9%	16.9%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	12,221	607,570
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	36.4	24.6?
Housing units, 2002	21,457	1,195,133
Homeownership rate, 2000	79.8%	72.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	5.7%	13.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$76,500	$71,400?
Households, 2000	18,078	1,046,434
Persons per household, 2000	2.65	2.63
Median household income, 1999	$30,912	$31,330
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,160	$15,853
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	18.4%	19.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	754	59,056
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	7,339	926,868
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-5.8%	-3.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	3,192	134,853
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	190,274	39,658,260
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	336,338	20,774,508
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$7,367	$7,605
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	3.3%	13.1%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	18.5%	22.8%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	376	11,276
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	237,119	21,308,498
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	811	46,907
Persons per square mile, 2000	59.9	60.6
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	109	28

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