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| Geography
QuickFacts |
Mississippi |
USA |
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Land area in square miles, 2010
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46,923.27 |
3,531,905.43 |
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Persons per square mile, 2010
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63.2 |
87.4 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes),
workers age 16+, 2008-2012
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23.9 |
25.4 |
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Homeownership rate, 2008-2012
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69.9% |
65.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing
units, 2008-2012 |
$100,200 |
$181,400 |
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Per capita money income in past 12
months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012
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$20,670 |
$28,051 |
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Median household income, 2008-2012
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$38,882 |
$53,046 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent,
2008-2012 |
22.3% |
14.9% |
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| People QuickFacts | Mississippi |
USA |
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Population, 2013 estimate
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2,991,207 |
316,128,839 |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012
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25.0% |
23.5% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012
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13.5% |
13.7% |
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Female persons, percent, 2012
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51.4% |
50.8% |
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White alone, percent, 2012 (a)
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59.9% |
77.9% |
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Black or African American alone,
percent, 2012 (a) |
37.4% |
13.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native alone,
percent, 2012 (a) |
0.6% |
1.2% |
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Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a)
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0.9% |
5.1% |
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Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b)
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2.9% |
16.9% |
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White alone, not Hispanic or Latino,
percent, 2012 |
57.6% |
63.0% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over,
percent, 2008-2012 |
85.6% |
84.8% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent
of persons age 25+, 2008-2012
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81.0% |
85.7% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of
persons age 25+, 2008-2012
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20.0% |
28.5% |
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Veterans, 2008-2012
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207,673 |
21,853,912 |
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