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Mississippi state QuickFacts

	Mississippi	United States
Total population	2,844,658	281,421,906
State	Mississippi

Mississippi state Population

	Mississippi	%, Mississippi	United States
Male	1,373,554	48.29%	49.06%
Female	1,471,104	51.71%	50.94%
Median age (years)	33.8		35.3

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	Mississippi	%, Mississippi	United States
18 years and over	2,069,471	72.75%	74.31%
21 years and over	1,923,445	67.62%	69.97%
62 years and over	409,722	14.4%	14.66%
65 years and over	343,523	12.08%	12.43%

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	Mississippi	%, Mississippi	United States
White	1,746,099	61.38%	75.14%
Black or African American	1,033,809	36.34%	12.32%
Asian	18,626	0.65%	3.64%
Some other race	26,103	0.92%	5.46%
Two or more races	20,021	0.7%	2.43%

Mississippi state Housing

	Mississippi	%, Mississippi	United States
Total households	1,046,434		105,480,101
Family households (families)	747,159	71.4%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	299,275	28.6%	31.94%

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	Mississippi	%, Mississippi	United States
Total housing units	1,161,953		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	115,519	9.94%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	1,046,434	90.06%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	756,967	65.15%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	289,467	24.91%	30.77%

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	Mississippi	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	151,982	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	234,011	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	82,508	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	33,465	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	20,681	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	7,009	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	1,733	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	902	0.57%
Median (dollars)	71,400	119,600

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	Mississippi	%, Mississippi	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	195,298	18.66%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	282,822	27.03%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	166,167	15.88%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	167,536	16.01%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	120,899	11.55%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	113,712	10.87%	9.65%

Mississippi state Education

	Mississippi	%, Mississippi	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	789,903		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	54,058	6.84%	6.47%
Kindergarten	47,384	6.0%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	363,300	45.99%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	172,164	21.8%	21.38%
College or graduate school	152,997	19.37%	22.81%

Mississippi state Economy

	Mississippi	%, Mississippi	United States
Population 16 years and over	2,158,941		217,168,077
In labor force	1,282,757	59.42%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,267,092	58.69%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,173,314	54.35%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	93,778	4.34%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.4		5.8
- Armed Forces	15,665	0.73%	0.53%
Not in labor force	876,184	40.58%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,135,691	52.6%	51.66%
In labor force	607,715	28.15%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	604,882	28.02%	29.65%
- - Employed	556,309	25.77%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	226,744	10.5%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	139,955		12,787,501

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	Mississippi	%, Mississippi	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,047,555		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	169,227	16.15%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	92,129	8.79%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	164,830	15.73%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	147,966	14.12%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	171,410	16.36%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	168,393	16.07%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	70,718	6.75%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	40,339	3.85%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	9,904	0.95%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	12,639	1.21%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	31,330		41,994

	Mississippi	%, Mississippi	United States
With earnings	808,502	37.45%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	43,399		56,604
With Social Security income	292,085	13.53%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,827		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	79,843	3.7%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,671		6,320
With public assistance income	37,178	1.72%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,919		3,032
With retirement income	163,927	7.59%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,036		17,376

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