People QuickFacts	Lafayette County	Mississippi
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	49,495	2,984,926
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	47,357	2,967,299
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	4.5%	0.6%
 	Population, 2010    	47,351	2,967,297
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.3%	7.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	18.4%	25.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	10.6%	13.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	50.9%	51.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	72.2%	60.0%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	24.0%	37.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.3%	0.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	2.2%	0.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.2%	1.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	2.4%	2.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	70.3%	57.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	68.7%	85.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.7%	2.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	5.0%	3.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	87.3%	80.3%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	39.7%	19.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,304	209,408
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	18.3	23.9 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	23,242	1,281,711
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	61.7%	70.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	24.6%	13.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$158,000	$99,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	15,944	1,085,062
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.57	2.64
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$21,854	$20,521
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$41,166	$38,718
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	23.8%	21.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Lafayette County	Mississippi
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	1,056	59,300
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	12,157	882,181
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	7.5	-7.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	3,324	196,184 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,805	225,977
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	18.0%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.8%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	21.9%	26.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	59,869,456
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	23,003,585
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	507,113	33,751,407
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$11,711	$11,552
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	96,237	7,045,097
 	Building permits, 2011     	183	5,273

   	Geography QuickFacts	Lafayette County	Mississippi
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	631.71	46,923.27
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	75.0	63.2
 	FIPS Code    	071	28
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Oxford, 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