People QuickFacts Vicksburg Mississippi Population, 2012 estimate 23,450 2,984,926 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 23,856 2,967,299 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.7% 0.6% Population, 2010 23,856 2,967,297 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.6% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 26.8% 25.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 13.4% 12.8% Female persons, percent, 2010 54.2% 51.4%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 31.3% 59.1% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 66.1% 37.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 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 0.8% 1.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 1.7% 2.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 30.6% 58.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 85.5% 85.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.8% 2.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 3.1% 3.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 81.5% 80.3% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 21.0% 19.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,374 209,408 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 16.7 23.9  Housing units, 2010 10,992 1,274,719 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 54.6% 70.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 27.1% 13.4% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $90,100 $99,200 Households, 2007-2011 9,909 1,085,062 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.36 2.64 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $17,949 $20,521 Median household income, 2007-2011 $26,915 $38,718 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 32.2% 21.6%     Business QuickFacts Vicksburg Mississippi Total number of firms, 2007 2,505 225,977 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.6% 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 27.3% 26.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 59,869,456 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 120,952 23,003,585 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 549,192 33,751,407 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $21,643 $11,552 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 379,037 7,045,097     Geography QuickFacts Vicksburg Mississippi Land area in square miles, 2010 32.98 46,923.27 Persons per square mile, 2010 723.3 63.2 FIPS Code 76720 28 Counties Warren 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