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DeSoto County Demographics
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People QuickFacts |
DeSoto County |
Mississippi |
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Population, 2003 estimate |
124,378 |
2,881,281 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
16.0% |
1.3% |
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Population, 2000 |
107,199 |
2,844,658 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
57.9% |
10.5% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.8% |
7.2% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
28.2% |
27.3% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
8.9% |
12.1% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
50.5% |
51.7% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
85.8% |
61.4% |
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Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
11.4% |
36.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.3% |
0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.6% |
0.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
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Z |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.1% |
0.5% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
0.8% |
0.7% |
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White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
84.7% |
60.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
2.3% |
1.4% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000 |
48.5% |
58.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
1.9% |
1.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
3.6% |
3.6% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
81.6% |
72.9% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
14.3% |
16.9% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
16,441 |
607,570 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
25.8 |
24.6 |
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Housing units, 2002 |
45,860 |
1,195,133 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
79.2% |
72.3% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
12.0% |
13.3% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$103,100 |
$71,400 |
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Households, 2000 |
38,792 |
1,046,434 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.75 |
2.63 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$48,206 |
$31,330 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$20,468 |
$15,853 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
7.1% |
19.9% |
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Business QuickFacts |
DeSoto County |
Mississippi |
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Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001 |
1,860 |
59,056 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2001 |
30,336 |
926,868 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001 |
-2.3% |
-3.1% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2000 |
6,309 |
134,853 |
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Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
1,369,616 |
39,658,260 |
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
663,236 |
20,774,508 |
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Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$7,186 |
$7,605 |
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
11.0% |
13.1% |
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Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
26.7% |
22.8% |
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Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002 |
2,291 |
11,276 |
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Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000) |
336,929 |
21,308,498 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
DeSoto County |
Mississippi |
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Land area, 2000 (square miles) |
478 |
46,907 |
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Persons per square mile, 2000 |
224.3 |
60.6 |
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Metropolitan Area |
Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA |
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FIPS Code |
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28 |
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People QuickFacts |
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(a) Includes persons reporting only one race. |
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(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race
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FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data |
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NA: Not available |
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D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information |
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X: Not applicable |
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S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards |
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Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown |
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F: Fewer than 100 firms |
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