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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $321 (0.6%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Attala County is $384 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $455 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $610 a month.
Cities in this county include: Kosciusko
, Ethel
, McCool
, Sallis
.
Neighboring
counties: Carroll County
, Choctaw County
, Holmes County
, Leake County
, Madison County
, Montgomery County
, Neshoba County
, Winston County
, Yazoo County
.
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Attala County: Holly
Hill Picnic Area
(A),
Kosciusko Country Club
(B),
Kosciusko Heritage Foundation Museum
(C)
Churches in Attala County include: Bowie
Chapel
(A),
Bowlin Church
(B),
Rocky Point Church
(C),
Rock Hill Church
(D),
Buffalo Church
(E),
Bulah Church
(F),
Bunker Hill Church
(G),
Providence Church
(H),
Carson Ridge Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Shady
Grove Cemetery
(1),
Armstrong Cemetery
(2),
Seneasha Cemetery
(3),
Pisgah Cemetery
(4),
Mayo Cemetery
(5),
Attala Memory Gardens
(6),
McClain Cemetery
(7)
Reservoirs: Bailey
Lake
(A),
Youth Center Lake
(B),
Burrel Lake
(C),
Atwood Lake
(D),
Country Club Lake
(E)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Redden
Branch
(A),
May Creek
(B),
Mayo Branch
(C),
Buzzard Creek
(D),
Steward Creek
(E),
Kelley Branch
(F),
Canna Creek
(G),
Sugar Creek
(H),
Sharkey Creek
(I)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
7.8% | | Mississippi: |
6.1% |
Current college students: 576
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 63.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 153 (5% naturalized citizens)
| Attala
County: |
0.8% | | Whole
state: | 1.4% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 68
- 1990
to 1994: 57
- 1985
to 1989: 9
- 1980
to 1984: 8
- 1975
to 1979: 7
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1965
to 1969: 4
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Mean travel time to work: 28.6 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 72.8%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 6,200
- One,
attached: 111
- Two:
112
- 3
or 4: 199
- 5
to 9: 138
- 10
to 19: 26
- 20
or more: 128
- Mobile
homes: 1,698
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 27
Housing units in Attala County with a mortgage: 1,807 (188 second mortgage, 114 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,812 Agriculture
in Attala County
Average size of farms: 240 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $16976
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $219.79
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 51.38%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $22563
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 15.63%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 2.15%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $55110
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 96.77%
Average age of principal farm operators: 59 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 8.32
Corn for grain: 1378 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 7800 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 941 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 65 acresAttala
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Mississippi state average. It is 3.9 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 4 fatalities and 19 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 3/11/1963, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed 2 people and injured 7 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males:
|
- Construction
(14%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Food
(5%)
- Educational
services (4%)
- Truck
transportation (3%)
- Wood
products (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Educational
services (14%)
- Health
care (13%)
- Finance
and insurance (7%)
- Apparel
(6%)
- Accommodation
and food services (6%)
- Social
assistance (5%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (5%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail
sales workers except cashiers (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females |
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
- Assemblers
and fabricators (4%)
- Textile,
apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(40%)
- Other
Caribbean (21%)
- Other
Western Asia (11%)
- Germany
(10%)
- Philippines
(10%)
- India
(5%)
- Japan
(3%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Attala County:
|
- United
States or American (16%)
- Irish
(10%)
- English
(4%)
- German
(3%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
- Scottish
(2%)
- African
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 5,473 (76%)
- Carpooled:
1,394 (19%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 53 (1%)
- Ferryboat:
10 (0%)
- Walked:
102 (1%)
- Other
means: 78 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 128 (2%)
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People
in group quarters in Attala County, Mississippi
- 294
people in nursing homes
- 33
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 33
people in other group homes
- 14
people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 8
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $35,800.
5.53% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,211 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.53% | | Mississippi
average: | 7.82% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.82% relocated from other counties in Mississippi ($18,644 average AGI)
1.71% relocated from other states ($8,567 average AGI)
| Attala
County: |
1.71% | | Mississippi
average: | 3.40% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Holmes County, MS
|
0.84% ($24,633 average AGI) |
| from
Leake County, MS
|
0.43% ($27,080) |
| from
Choctaw County, MS
|
0.34% ($24,550) |
| from
Hinds County, MS
|
0.29% ($26,824) |
| from
Rankin County, MS
|
0.26% ($25,000) |
| from
Winston County, MS
|
0.21% ($23,167) |
5.22% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,645 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.22% | | Mississippi
average: | 8.35% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.73% relocated to other counties in Mississippi ($21,467 average AGI)
1.49% relocated to other states ($7,178 average AGI)
| Attala
County: |
1.49% | | Mississippi
average: | 3.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Holmes County, MS
|
0.52% ($29,400 average AGI) |
| to
Hinds County, MS
|
0.45% ($29,577) |
| to
Leake County, MS
|
0.43% ($25,960) |
| to
Madison County, MS
|
0.27% ($48,313) |
| to
Rankin County, MS
|
0.22% ($31,077) |
| to
Oktibbeha County, MS
|
0.19% ($20,182) |
| to
Choctaw County, MS
|
0.17% ($19,700) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.9
Births
per 1000 population in Attala County
|
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.4
Deaths
per 1000 population in Attala County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 13.1
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Attala County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,968 (3,085 aged, 883 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 19,283
- In
family households: 16,936 (3,808 male householders, 1,608 female householders)
3,896
spouses, 6,058 children (5,475 natural, 160 adopted, 423 stepchildren), 622 grandchildren, 275 brothers or sisters, 80 parents, 311 other relatives, 278 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 2,347 (913 male householders (794 living alone)), 1,236 female householders (1,200 living alone)), 198 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 378 (337 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,268 2-persons, 1,351 3-persons, 1,058 4-persons, 449 5-persons, 184 6-persons, 106 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,994 1-person, 131 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 6 5-persons.
2,825 married couples with children.
1,490 single-parent households (225 men, 1,265 women).
97.6% of residents of Attala County speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English well, 36% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $131,643,000 ($6698 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,204,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $55,704,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $31,471,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,712,000
Federal grants: $38,409,000
Federal procurement contracts: $681,000 ($3,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,667,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $868,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,202,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,336,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,463
| Here: |
75 per 1000 residents | | State: | 78
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,388
| Here: |
71 per 1000 residents | | State: |
51 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +50
| Here: |
+3 per 1000 residents | | State: | +4
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -208
| Here: |
-11 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-4 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Attala County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.48 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 287
- 1995
to 1998: 815
- 1990
to 1994: 605
- 1980
to 1989: 1,355
- 1970
to 1979: 1,741
- 1960
to 1969: 1,275
- 1950
to 1959: 841
- 1940
to 1949: 775
- 1939
or earlier: 945
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Attala County, Mississippi:
|
- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 54
- 3
rooms: 371
- 4
rooms: 607
- 5
rooms: 1,942
- 6
rooms: 1,508
- 7
rooms: 818
- 8
rooms: 317
- 9
or more rooms: 264
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Attala County, Mississippi: |
- 1
room: 2
- 2
rooms: 55
- 3
rooms: 170
- 4
rooms: 475
- 5
rooms: 520
- 6
rooms: 292
- 7
rooms: 108
- 8
rooms: 39
- 9
or more rooms: 25
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Attala County: |
- no
bedroom: 31
- 1
bedroom: 206
- 2
bedrooms: 1,357
- 3
bedrooms: 3,560
- 4
bedrooms: 669
- 5
or more bedrooms: 58
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Attala County: |
- no
bedroom: 31
- 1
bedroom: 187
- 2
bedrooms: 653
- 3
bedrooms: 705
- 4
bedrooms: 81
- 5
or more bedrooms: 29
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Attala County in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
- no
vehicle: 650
- 1
vehicle: 1,883
- 2
vehicles: 2,202
- 3
vehicles: 852
- 4
vehicles: 198
- 5
or more vehicles: 96
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Attala County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 361
- 1
vehicle: 897
- 2
vehicles: 336
- 3
vehicles: 65
- 4
vehicles: 19
- 5
or more vehicles: 8
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65% of Attala County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Mississippi.
| Attala
County: |
64.6% | | State
average: |
59.0% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 17177
- Northeast:
137
- Midwest:
699
- South:
1177
- West:
237
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $43,000 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Utility
gas (38%)
- Electricity
(19%)
- Wood
(5%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (45%)
- Electricity
(26%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Wood
(2%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 202
| Here: |
7.8% | | Mississippi: | 10.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 144
| Here: |
12.1% | | Mississippi: |
10.5% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 76
| Here: |
14.4% | | Mississippi: |
12.4% |
Attala
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- Hospital Public: $13,723,000
All Other: $229,000
- Construction
- Regular Highways: $1,948,000
- Current
Operations - Own Hospitals: $13,723,000
Regular Highways: $2,268,000
Financial Administration: $1,825,000
Health Services - Other: $1,163,000
Police Protection: $680,000
Central Staff Services: $589,000
General Public Buildings: $530,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $276,000
Fire Protection: $246,000
Corrections - Other: $180,000
General - Other: $111,000
Natural Resources - Other: $111,000
Parks & Recreation: $101,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $24,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Higher Education: $475,000
Libraries: $181,000
Health: $50,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $395,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $360,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $35,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $718,000
Interest Earnings: $81,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - General - Other: $124,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $11,044,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,932,000
All Other: $1,373,000
General Support: $442,000
- Tax
- Property: $4,593,000
NEC: $260,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $7,163,000
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