People QuickFacts	Oxford	Mississippi
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	19,393	2,977,457
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	18,916	2,967,299
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	2.5%	0.3%
 	Population, 2010    	18,916	2,967,297
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.1%	7.1%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	14.8%	25.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	10.5%	12.8%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	49.3%	51.4% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	72.3%	59.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	21.8%	37.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.5%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	3.3%	0.9%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.1%	1.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	2.5%	2.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	71.2%	58.0% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	62.9%	85.2%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	6.4%	2.2%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	9.0%	3.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	90.6%	80.3%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	52.9%	19.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	784	209,408
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	13.8	23.9 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	11,085	1,274,719
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	43.3%	70.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	44.1%	13.4%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$212,600	$99,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	7,357	1,085,062
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.42	2.64
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$25,616	$20,521
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$34,875	$38,718
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	31.0%	21.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Oxford	Mississippi
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,443	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    	22.7%	26.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	59,869,456
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	52,327	23,003,585
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	441,836	33,751,407
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$26,443	$11,552
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	78,299	7,045,097

   	Geography QuickFacts	Oxford	Mississippi
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	15.83	46,923.27
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,194.6	63.2
 	FIPS Code    	54840	28
 	Counties    	Lafayette 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