Clay County, Mississippi QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Clay County Mississippi
?  Population, 2000 21,9792,844,658
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 4.1%10.5%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 7.5%7.2%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 28.8%27.3%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 13.1%12.1%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 42.8%61.4%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 56.3%36.3%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%0.4%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%0.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%0.5%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.4%0.7%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 52.9%51.7%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.9%1.4%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 42.5%60.7%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 7,415989,312
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 1,582226,947
?  Housing units, 2000 8,8101,161,953
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 73.6%72.3%
?  Households, 2000 8,1521,046,434
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.642.63
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 40.9%39.6%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $25,464$28,527
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 21.2%18.1%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 28.3%24.5%

Business QuickFacts Clay County Mississippi
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 43359,771
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 7,804937,023
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 0.4%29.6%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 720121,668
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 925,99139,658,260
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 109,52220,774,508
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $5,079$7,605
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 14716,386
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 26940,879
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 3112,871
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 94,66616,487,905
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 793122,256

Geography QuickFacts Clay County Mississippi
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 40946,907
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 53.760.6
?  Metropolitan Area None 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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X: Not applicable
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Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown