Pike County, Mississippi QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Pike County Mississippi
?  Population, 2000 38,9402,844,658
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 5.6%10.5%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 7.4%7.2%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 27.7%27.3%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 14.2%12.1%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 51.2%61.4%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 47.5%36.3%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.2%0.4%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%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 0.5%0.7%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 53.2%51.7%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.7%1.4%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 51.0%60.7%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 13,436989,312
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 2,845226,947
?  Housing units, 2000 16,7201,161,953
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 74.4%72.3%
?  Households, 2000 14,7921,046,434
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.572.63
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 39.4%39.6%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $21,689$28,527
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 23.2%18.1%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 29.6%24.5%

Business QuickFacts Pike County Mississippi
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 99359,771
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 12,879937,023
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 28.3%29.6%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 1,668121,668
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 580,33139,658,260
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 343,00620,774,508
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $9,040$7,605
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 29516,386
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 55440,879
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 1412,871
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 184,35916,487,905
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 2,582122,256

Geography QuickFacts Pike County Mississippi
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 40946,907
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 95.260.6
?  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