Pemiscot County, Missouri QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Pemiscot County Missouri
?  Population, 2000 20,0475,595,211
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 -8.5%9.3%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 8.1%6.6%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 30.0%25.5%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 14.9%13.5%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 71.8%84.9%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 26.2%11.2%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%0.4%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%1.1%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z0.1%
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.6%0.8%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.8%1.5%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 53.1%51.4%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.6%2.1%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 71.1%83.8%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 6,5372,433,211
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 897585,761
?  Housing units, 2000 8,7932,442,017
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 58.3%70.3%
?  Households, 2000 7,8552,194,594
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.522.48
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 38.1%34.7%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $20,938$34,502
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 28.4%12.2%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 37.6%17.7%

Business QuickFacts Pemiscot County Missouri
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 380143,912
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 4,6852,310,122
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 34.2%14.7%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 831297,332
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 131,11393,115,478
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 129,78851,269,881
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $6,025$9,482
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA15,437
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 256117,885
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 2326,840
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 157,64933,231,030
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 998201,609

Geography QuickFacts Pemiscot County Missouri
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 49368,886
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 40.781.2
?  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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NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown