People QuickFacts	Meridian	Mississippi
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	41,258	2,978,512
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	41,148	2,967,297
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.3%	0.4%
 	Population, 2010    	41,148	2,967,297
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.0%	7.1%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	26.6%	25.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.8%	12.8%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	53.8%	51.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	35.7%	59.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	61.6%	37.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.9%	0.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	0.9%	1.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	1.7%	2.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	35.0%	58.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	77.4%	84.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	1.7%	2.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	3.2%	3.8%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	80.8%	79.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	21.5%	19.5%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	16.4	23.9 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	52.9%	70.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	31.5%	13.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$80,800	$96,500
 	Households, 2006-2010    	16,860	1,081,052
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.28	2.64
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$19,664	$19,977
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$29,708	$37,881
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	31.1%	21.2%

   	Business QuickFacts	Meridian	Mississippi
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,316	225,977
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	25.0%	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    	27.4%	26.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	330,107	59,869,456
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	889,694	23,003,585
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,100,398	33,751,407
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$27,791	$11,552
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	131,763	7,045,097

   	Geography QuickFacts	Meridian	Mississippi
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	53.74	46,923.27
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	765.7	63.2
 	FIPS Code    	46640	28
 	Counties    	Lauderdale County
 	

(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