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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
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