| | People QuickFacts | Bolivar County | Mississippi |
 |
Population, 2011 estimate | NA | 2,978,512 |
 |
Population, 2010 | 34,145 | 2,967,297 |
 |
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 | -16.0% | 4.3% |
 |
Population, 2000 | 40,633 | 2,844,658 |
 |
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.5% | 7.1% |
 |
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 25.3% | 25.5% |
 |
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 12.0% | 12.8% |
 |
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.5% | 51.4% |
| |
 |
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 33.5% | 59.1% |
 |
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 64.2% | 37.0% |
 |
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.5% |
 |
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.6% | 0.9% |
 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | Z |
 |
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 0.6% | 1.1% |
 |
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 1.9% | 2.7% |
 |
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 32.9% | 58.0% |
| |
 |
Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 | 83.1% | 84.3% |
 |
Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 | 0.7% | 2.2% |
 |
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 | 1.9% | 3.8% |
 |
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 | 71.5% | 79.6% |
 |
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 | 20.4% | 19.5% |
 |
Veterans, 2006-2010 | 1,630 | 212,088 |
 |
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 | 17.5 | 23.9 |
 |
Housing units, 2010 | 14,070 | 1,274,719 |
 |
Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 | 56.2% | 70.8% |
 |
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 | 21.1% | 13.4% |
 |
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 | $77,800 | $96,500 |
 |
Households, 2006-2010 | 12,666 | 1,081,052 |
 |
Persons per household, 2006-2010 | 2.69 | 2.64 |
 |
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 | $16,051 | $19,977 |
 |
Median household income 2006-2010 | $26,005 | $37,881 |
 |
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 | 35.7% | 21.2% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Bolivar County | Mississippi |
 |
Private nonfarm establishments, 2009 | 703 | 59,6071 |
 |
Private nonfarm employment, 2009 | 8,273 | 904,0371 |
 |
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2009 | -20.3% | -5.5%1 |
 |
Nonemployer establishments, 2009 | 1,672 | 185,000 |
| |
 |
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,240 | 225,977 |
 |
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.9% | 18.0% |
 |
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3% |
 |
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.1% | 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 | 31.4% | 26.9% |
| |
 |
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 287,016 | 59,869,456 |
 |
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 23,003,585 |
 |
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 303,409 | 33,751,407 |
 |
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,116 | $11,552 |
 |
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 31,055 | 7,045,097 |
 |
Building permits, 2010 | 16 | 5,259 |
 |
Federal spending, 2009 | 400,551 | 33,104,6891 |