| | People QuickFacts | Petal | Mississippi |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 10,795 | 2,984,926 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 10,454 | 2,967,299 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.3% | 0.6% |
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Population, 2010 | 10,454 | 2,967,297 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.8% | 7.1% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 26.9% | 25.5% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 13.8% | 12.8% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.6% | 51.4% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 86.1% | 59.1% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 9.9% | 37.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 0.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 1.7% | 1.1% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 3.5% | 2.7% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 84.3% | 58.0% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 82.0% | 85.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.3% | 2.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 3.7% | 3.9% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.2% | 80.3% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 25.6% | 19.7% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 746 | 209,408 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 22.6 | 23.9 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 4,261 | 1,274,719 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 75.4% | 70.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.8% | 13.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $126,500 | $99,200 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 3,793 | 1,085,062 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.73 | 2.64 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $22,657 | $20,521 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $51,579 | $38,718 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.9% | 21.6% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Petal | Mississippi |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 679 | 225,977 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 18.0% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.8% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 13.7% | 26.9% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | NA | 59,869,456 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 23,003,585 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 158,936 | 33,751,407 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $14,880 | $11,552 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 10,143 | 7,045,097 |