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People QuickFacts | Union County | Mississippi
Population, 2012 estimate | 27,414 | 2,984,926
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 27,134 | 2,967,299
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.0% | 0.6%
Population, 2010 | 27,134 | 2,967,297
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 6.8% | 6.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 25.5% | 25.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 15.2% | 13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.2% | 51.4%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 83.4% | 59.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 14.9% | 37.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.2% | 0.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.2% | 0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.2% | 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 4.5% | 2.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 79.4% | 57.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 87.5% | 85.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.6% | 2.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 4.5% | 3.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 76.1% | 80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 13.6% | 19.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,936 | 209,408
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 24 | 23.9
Housing units, 2011 | 11,553 | 1,281,711
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 75.1% | 70.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.4% | 13.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $85,000 | $99,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 10,128 | 1,085,062
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.65 | 2.64
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $18,636 | $20,521
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $36,661 | $38,718
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 22.5% | 21.6%
Business QuickFacts | Union County | Mississippi
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 490 | 58,592
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 7,349 | 887,772
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | -6.9% | 0.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 1,853 | 198,171
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,330 | 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 | 19.7% | 26.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 418,120 | 59,869,456
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 174,650 | 23,003,585
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 267,289 | 33,751,407
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $9,965 | $11,552
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 20,831 | 7,045,097
Building permits, 2012 | 103 | 6,039
Geography QuickFacts | Union County | Mississippi
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 415.6 | 46,923.27
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 65.3 | 63.2
FIPS Code | 145 | 28
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical 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