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People QuickFacts |
Lafayette County |
Mississippi |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
43,922 | 2,938,618 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
13.4% | 3.3% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
38,738 | 2,844,666 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 |
6.1% | 7.5% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 |
20.1% | 26.1% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 |
10.5% | 12.6% |
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Female persons, percent, 2008 |
51.0% | 51.5% |
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White persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
72.9% | 60.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
24.5% | 37.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.2% | 0.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
1.7% | 0.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 |
0.8% | 0.9% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) |
1.4% | 2.2% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 |
71.7% | 58.7% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
43.9% | 58.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
2.4% | 1.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
4.7% | 3.6% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
78.5% | 72.9% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
31.1% | 16.9% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
6,287 | 607,570 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
19.0 | 24.6 |
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Housing units, 2008 |
19,115 | 1,267,231 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
60.6% | 72.3% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
23.0% | 13.3% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$101,100 | $71,400 |
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Households, 2000 |
14,373 | 1,046,434 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.36 | 2.63 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$38,910 | $36,424 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$16,406 | $15,853 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
18.9% | 20.7% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Lafayette County |
Mississippi |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2007 |
1,061 | 61,8741 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2007 |
13,235 | 941,3281 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2007 |
17.0% | -1.6%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2007 |
3,132 | 185,968 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
2,924 | 187,602 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
5.1% | 13.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
18.2% | 25.1% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
332,345 | 38,276,054 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
59,091 | 19,215,751 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
329,029 | 25,017,531 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$8,396 | $8,724 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
55,249 | 5,486,105 |
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Building permits, 2008 |
352 | 11,428 |
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Federal spending, 2008 |
245,516 | 30,097,6511 |
