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People QuickFacts | Forrest County | Mississippi
Population, 2012 estimate | 76,894 | 2,984,926
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 74,934 | 2,967,299
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.6% | 0.6%
Population, 2010 | 74,934 | 2,967,297
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 7.3% | 7.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.5% | 25.2%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 11.6% | 13.0%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 52.3% | 51.4%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 61.0% | 60.0%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 36.1% | 37.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.0% | 0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.3% | 1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 3.7% | 2.9%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 58.1% | 57.7%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 79.4% | 85.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.8% | 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 | 83.6% | 80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 26.2% | 19.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 5,889 | 209,408
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 20.8 | 23.9
Housing units, 2011 | 32,122 | 1,281,711
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 58.5% | 70.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 24.7% | 13.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $112,200 | $99,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 28,032 | 1,085,062
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.5 | 2.64
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $20,238 | $20,521
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $35,805 | $38,718
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 26.8% | 21.6%
Business QuickFacts | Forrest County | Mississippi
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 1,850 | 59,300
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 31,123 | 882,181
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -7.6 | -7.8
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 5,036 | 196,184
Total number of firms, 2007 | 5,646 | 225,977
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 12.4% | 18.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.9% | 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 | 24.8% | 26.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 883,448 | 59,869,456
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 424,129 | 23,003,585
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,121,634 | 33,751,407
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $26,812 | $11,552
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 158,846 | 7,045,097
Building permits, 2011 | 54 | 5,273
Geography QuickFacts | Forrest County | Mississippi
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 466.31 | 46,923.27
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 160.7 | 63.2
FIPS Code | 35 | 28
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | [NAME], MS Metro 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