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People QuickFacts | Lowndes County | Mississippi
Population, 2013 estimate | 59,922 | 2,991,207
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 59,779 | 2,967,299
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 0.2% | 0.8%
Population, 2010 | 59,779 | 2,967,297
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.6% | 6.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 24.2% | 24.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 14.0% | 13.9%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 52.4% | 51.4%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 54.1% | 59.8%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 43.8% | 37.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.2% | 0.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.7% | 1.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.1% | 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 1.8% | 2.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 52.7% | 57.5%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 83.2% | 85.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 1.9% | 2.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 4.1% | 3.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 82.0% | 81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 21.4% | 20.1%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 5,251 | 200,748
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 21 | 23.9
Housing units, 2013 | 26,767 | 1,283,165
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 62.1% | 69.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 16.5% | 13.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $115,700 | $99,900
Households, 2009-2013 | 23,178 | 1,088,073
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.51 | 2.65
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $20,951 | $20,618
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $37,868 | $39,031
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 25.4% | 22.7%
Business QuickFacts | Lowndes County | Mississippi
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 1,512 | 58,644
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 21,145 | 895,804
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 0.6% | 0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 3,675 | 199,777
Total number of firms, 2007 | 5,145 | 225,977
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 11.3% | 18.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.6% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.0% | 26.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 2,075,457 | 59,869,456
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 23,003,585
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 809,310 | 33,751,407
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,596 | $11,552
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 88,621 | 7,045,097
Building permits, 2012 | 149 | 6,039
Geography QuickFacts | Lowndes County | Mississippi
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 505.51 | 46,923.27
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 118.3 | 63.2
FIPS Code | 87 | 28
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Columbus, MS Micro Area
(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