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People QuickFacts | Petal | Mississippi
Population, 2012 estimate | 10,795 | 2,986,450
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 10,454 | 2,967,299
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.3% | 0.6%
Population, 2010 | 10,454 | 2,967,297
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.8% | 7.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 26.9% | 25.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 13.8% | 12.8%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.6% | 51.4%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 86.1% | 59.1%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 9.9% | 37.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.0% | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 1.7% | 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 3.5% | 2.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 84.3% | 58.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 82.4% | 85.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 3.7% | 2.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 5.8% | 3.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 87.8% | 81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 27.4% | 20.0%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 915 | 207,673
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 23.7 | 23.9
Housing units, 2010 | 4,261 | 1,274,719
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 73.0% | 69.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 13.5% | 13.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $124,700 | $100,200
Households, 2008-2012 | 3,772 | 1,087,791
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.77 | 2.64
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $21,769 | $20,670
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $49,551 | $38,882
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 13.9% | 22.3%
Business QuickFacts | Petal | Mississippi
Total number of firms, 2007 | 679 | 225,977
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 18.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 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 | 13.7% | 26.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 59,869,456
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 23,003,585
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 158,936 | 33,751,407
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $14,880 | $11,552
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 10,143 | 7,045,097
Geography QuickFacts | Petal | Mississippi
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 16.87 | 46,923.27
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 619.8 | 63.2
FIPS Code | 56800 | 28
Counties | Forrest 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