Jasper County, Mississippi QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Jasper County Mississippi
?  Population, 2000 18,1492,844,658
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 6.0%10.5%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.9%7.2%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 27.9%27.3%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 13.9%12.1%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 46.5%61.4%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 52.9%36.3%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%0.4%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%0.7%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%0.5%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.4%0.7%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 52.3%51.7%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.6%1.4%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 46.2%60.7%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 6,178989,312
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 1,006226,947
?  Housing units, 2000 7,6711,161,953
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 86.7%72.3%
?  Households, 2000 6,7081,046,434
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.682.63
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 40.7%39.6%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $23,612$28,527
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 19.8%18.1%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 25.0%24.5%

Business QuickFacts Jasper County Mississippi
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 28759,771
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 3,948937,023
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 107.7%29.6%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 552121,668
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 151,33039,658,260
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 76,07020,774,508
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $4,330$7,605
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 14016,386
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 19240,879
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 1812,871
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 77,82016,487,905
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 607122,256

Geography QuickFacts Jasper County Mississippi
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 67646,907
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 26.860.6
?  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