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People QuickFacts | Ridgeland | Mississippi
Population, 2012 estimate | 24,258 | 2,984,926
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 24,053 | 2,967,299
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.9% | 0.6%
Population, 2010 | 24,047 | 2,967,297
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.7% | 7.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 23.0% | 25.5%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 10.2% | 12.8%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.8% | 51.4%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 59.5% | 59.1%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 32.7% | 37.0%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 4.0% | 0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 1.3% | 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 4.7% | 2.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 57.5% | 58.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 80.2% | 85.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.6% | 2.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 11.1% | 3.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 93.2% | 80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 49.6% | 19.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,712 | 209,408
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 20.4 | 23.9
Housing units, 2010 | 11,735 | 1,274,719
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 47.4% | 70.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 44.9% | 13.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $170,200 | $99,200
Households, 2007-2011 | 10,833 | 1,085,062
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.19 | 2.64
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $37,116 | $20,521
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $51,529 | $38,718
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.1% | 21.6%
Business QuickFacts | Ridgeland | Mississippi
Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,611 | 225,977
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 10.7% | 18.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.1% | 1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.2% | 0.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 19.6% | 26.9%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 105,649 | 59,869,456
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 614,234 | 23,003,585
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 727,695 | 33,751,407
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $33,755 | $11,552
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 107,069 | 7,045,097
Geography QuickFacts | Ridgeland | Mississippi
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 19.61 | 46,923.27
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,226.0 | 63.2
FIPS Code | 62520 | 28
Counties | Madison 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