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People QuickFacts | Lafayette County | Mississippi
Population, 2012 estimate | 49,495 | 2,984,926
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 47,357 | 2,967,299
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 4.5% | 0.6%
Population, 2010 | 47,351 | 2,967,297
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.4% | 6.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 18.8% | 25.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 11.0% | 13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.0% | 51.4%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 72.1% | 59.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 24.1% | 37.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.3% | 0.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 2.4% | 0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.0% | 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 2.2% | 2.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 70.4% | 57.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 68.7% | 85.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.7% | 2.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 5.0% | 3.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 87.3% | 80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 39.7% | 19.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,304 | 209,408
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 18.3 | 23.9
Housing units, 2011 | 23,242 | 1,281,711
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 61.7% | 70.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 24.6% | 13.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $158,000 | $99,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 15,944 | 1,085,062
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.57 | 2.64
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $21,854 | $20,521
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $41,166 | $38,718
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 23.8% | 21.6%
Business QuickFacts | Lafayette County | Mississippi
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 1,046 | 58,592
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 12,724 | 887,772
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 4.7% | 0.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 3,450 | 198,171
Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,805 | 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 | S | 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 | 21.9% | 26.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 59,869,456
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 23,003,585
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 507,113 | 33,751,407
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,711 | $11,552
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 96,237 | 7,045,097
Building permits, 2012 | 403 | 6,039
Geography QuickFacts | Lafayette County | Mississippi
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 631.71 | 46,923.27
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 75 | 63.2
FIPS Code | 71 | 28
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Oxford, 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