Lafayette County, Mississippi QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Lafayette County Mississippi
?  Population, 2000 38,7442,844,658
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 21.7%10.5%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.4%7.2%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 19.5%27.3%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 9.8%12.1%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 71.9%61.4%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 25.0%36.3%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%0.4%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 1.7%0.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4%0.5%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.8%0.7%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 50.8%51.7%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.1%1.4%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 71.3%60.7%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 11,501989,312
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 4,784226,947
?  Housing units, 2000 16,5871,161,953
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 60.6%72.3%
?  Households, 2000 14,3731,046,434
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.362.63
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 29.7%39.6%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $27,958$28,527
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 14.3%18.1%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 17.7%24.5%

Business QuickFacts Lafayette County Mississippi
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 89759,771
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 12,302937,023
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 67.1%29.6%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 1,583121,668
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 304,46239,658,260
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 254,18720,774,508
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $7,378$7,605
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 17416,386
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 51540,879
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 11112,871
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 126,77016,487,905
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 1,003122,256

Geography QuickFacts Lafayette County Mississippi
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 63146,907
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 61.460.6
?  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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Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown