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People QuickFacts

Pearl River County

Mississippi
Population, 2006 estimate     57,099 2,910,540
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006     17.4% 2.3%
Population, 2000     48,621 2,844,658
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006     6.2% 7.2%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006     24.6% 26.1%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006     13.6% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2006     51.2% 51.6%
White persons, percent, 2006 (a)     86.3% 60.9%
Black persons, percent, 2006 (a)     11.9% 37.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a)     0.5% 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a)     0.4% 0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a)     Z Z
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006     0.9% 0.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b)     1.8% 1.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006     84.7% 59.3%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over     56.4% 58.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000     1.2% 1.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000     3.6% 3.6%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000     74.6% 72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000     13.9% 16.9%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000     12,221 607,570
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    

36.4

 24.6
     
Housing units, 2006     24,539 1,241,489
Homeownership rate, 2000     79.8% 72.3%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000     5.7% 13.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000     $76,500 $71,400
     
Households, 2000     18,078 1,046,434
Persons per household, 2000    

2.65

 2.63
Median household income, 2004     $32,548 $34,278
Per capita money income, 1999     $15,160 $15,853
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004     19.0% 19.3%
     
Business QuickFacts

Pearl River County

Mississippi
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005    

844

 60,542
Private nonfarm employment, 2005     7,820 926,952
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005     0.4% -3.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2005     3,984 163,761
Total number of firms, 2002     3,954 187,602
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002     4.6% 13.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002     F 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002     F 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002     F 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002     F 0.7%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002     33.6% 25.1%
   
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)     216,193 38,276,054
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)     D 19,215,751
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)     342,976 25,017,531
Retail sales per capita, 2002     $6,802 $8,724
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)     30,379 5,486,105
Building permits, 2006     550 16,618
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)     271,062 22,337,697
     
Geography QuickFacts Pearl River County Mississippi
Land area, 2000 (square miles)     811.33 46,906.96
Persons per square mile, 2000     60 60.6
FIPS Code     109 28
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area     Picayune, MS Micro Area  
     
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.  
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.  
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data  
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  
F: Fewer than 100 firms  
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/28/28109.html