People QuickFacts	Monroe County	Mississippi
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	36,421	2,984,926
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	36,989	2,967,299
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-1.5%	0.6%
 	Population, 2010    	36,989	2,967,297
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.3%	7.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.9%	25.2%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	16.1%	13.0%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	52.3%	51.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	67.9%	60.0%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	30.9%	37.3%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.2%	0.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.2%	0.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	0.8%	1.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	1.0%	2.9%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	67.2%	57.7% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	90.6%	85.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	0.5%	2.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	1.9%	3.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	76.4%	80.3%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	13.0%	19.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	2,356	209,408
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.7	23.9 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	16,412	1,281,711
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	78.4%	70.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	7.2%	13.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$79,000	$99,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	14,493	1,085,062
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.53	2.64
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$18,573	$20,521
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$35,102	$38,718
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	19.8%	21.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Monroe County	Mississippi
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	652	58,592
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	8,288	887,772
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	5.1%	0.6%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	1,918	196,184 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,169	225,977
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	7.1%	18.0%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.3%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.2%	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    	30.0%	26.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,472,743	59,869,456
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	111,082	23,003,585
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	281,974	33,751,407
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$7,610	$11,552
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	21,770	7,045,097
 	Building permits, 2012    	3	6,039

   	Geography QuickFacts	Monroe County	Mississippi
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	765.09	46,923.27
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	48.3	63.2
 	FIPS Code    	095	28
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(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