People QuickFacts	Mississippi	USA
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	2,978,512	311,591,917
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	2,967,297	308,745,538
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.4%	0.9%
 	Population, 2010    	2,967,297	308,745,538
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	7.0%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	25.2%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	13.0%	13.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.4%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	60.0%	78.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	37.3%	13.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.6%	1.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.9%	5.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.1%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	2.9%	16.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	57.7%	63.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	84.3%	84.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	2.2%	12.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	3.8%	20.1%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	79.6%	85.0%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	19.5%	27.9%
 	Veterans, 2006-2010    	212,088	22,652,496
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	23.9	25.2 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	1,281,711	132,312,404
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	70.8%	66.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	13.4%	25.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$96,500	$188,400
 	Households, 2006-2010    	1,081,052	114,235,996
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.64	2.59
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$19,977	$27,334
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$37,881	$51,914
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	21.2%	13.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Mississippi	USA
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	59,300	7,396,628
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	882,181	111,970,095
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-7.8	-1.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	196,184	22,110,628 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	225,977	27,092,908
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	18.0%	7.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.3%	0.9%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.8%	5.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.0%	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.8%	8.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	26.9%	28.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	59,869,456	5,338,306,501
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	23,003,585	4,174,286,516
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	33,751,407	3,917,663,456
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$11,552	$12,990
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	7,045,097	613,795,732
 	Building permits, 2011     	5,273	624,061

   	Geography QuickFacts	Mississippi	USA
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	46,923.27	3,531,905.43
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	63.2	87.4
 	FIPS Code    	28	 

(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