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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $305 (0.7%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Calhoun 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: Bruce
, Calhoun City
, Vardaman
, Derma
, Pittsboro
, Big Creek
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Neighboring
counties: Chickasaw County
, Grenada County
, Lafayette County
, Pontotoc County
, Webster County
, Yalobusha County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable location: Banner
Compressor Station
(A).
Churches in Calhoun County include: Saint
James Church
(A),
Bradsford Chapel
(B),
Rocky Mount Church
(C),
Bridges Chapel
(D),
Reedy Chapel
(E),
Rapers Chapel
(F),
Calvary Church
(G),
Providence Church
(H),
Popular Springs Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Drivers
Flat Cemetery
(1),
Old Town Cemetery
(2),
Old Tabernacle Cemetery
(3),
Ball Cemetery
(4),
Pine Ridge Cemetery
(5),
Collums Cemetery
(6),
Old Providence Cemetery
(7)
Reservoirs: Thomas
Lake
(A),
Little Blount Lake
(B),
Edwards Lake
(C),
Costner Lake
(D),
Lovejoy Lake
(E),
Martin Lakes
(F),
Ivy Lake
(G),
Big Blount Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Bull
Creek
(A),
Kittahutty Creek
(B),
Lickup Creek
(C),
Anderson Creek
(D),
Camp Ground Branch
(E),
Camp Springs Creek
(F),
Cane Creek
(G),
McGill Creek
(H),
Caney Branch
(I)
Parks in Calhoun County include: Upper
Yalobusha Public Use Area
(1),
Grenada State Waterfowl Management Area
(2),
Calhoun County State Wildlife Management Area
(3)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
7.8% | | Mississippi: |
6.1% |
Current college students: 338
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 64.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 10.2%
Number of foreign born residents: 248 (20% naturalized citizens)
| Calhoun
County: |
1.6% | | Whole
state: |
1.4% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 131
- 1990
to 1994: 50
- 1985
to 1989: 17
- 1980
to 1984: 3
- 1975
to 1979: 31
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1970
to 1974: 2
- 1965
to 1969: 14
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Mean travel time to work: 24.9 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 64.0%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 5,146
- One,
attached: 63
- Two:
118
- 3
or 4: 168
- 5
to 9: 138
- 10
to 19: 31
- 20
or more: 52
- Mobile
homes: 1,172
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 14
Housing units in Calhoun County with a mortgage: 1,526 (79 second mortgage, 102 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,443 Agriculture
in Calhoun County
Average size of farms: 268 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $50824
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $429.49
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 20.30%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $43752
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 35.21%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $61352
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 91.64%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 9.22
Corn for grain: 5022 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 605 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 22926 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 10782 harvested acres
Vegetables: 108 harvested acresCalhoun
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below Mississippi state average. It is 2.1 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 6 fatalities and 75 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 2/24/2001, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado killed 6 people and injured 73 people and caused $31 million in damages.
Most
common industries for males:
|
- Furniture
and related products (24%)
- Construction
(10%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Wood
products (6%)
- Truck
transportation (5%)
- Educational
services (4%)
- Computer
and electronic products (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Furniture
and related products (18%)
- Health
care (14%)
- Educational
services (13%)
- Apparel
(9%)
- Food
and beverage stores (4%)
- Public
administration (4%)
- Accommodation
and food services (3%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Textile,
apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Assemblers
and fabricators (5%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (5%)
- Woodworkers
(4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females |
- Textile,
apparel, and furnishings workers (13%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health
technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered
nurses (3%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Mexico
(66%)
- Spain
(10%)
- El
Salvador (10%)
- Germany
(5%)
- Guatemala
(2%)
- Brazil
(2%)
- Philippines
(2%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Calhoun County:
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- United
States or American (36%)
- Irish
(8%)
- English
(6%)
- German
(2%)
- Scotch-Irish
(1%)
- Dutch
(1%)
- African
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 4,726 (76%)
- Carpooled:
1,230 (20%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 16 (0%)
- Walked:
90 (1%)
- Other
means: 27 (0%)
- Worked
at home: 93 (2%)
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People
in group quarters in Calhoun County, Mississippi
- 162
people in nursing homes
- 33
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 31
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 21
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $33,022.
4.75% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($25,814 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
4.75% | | Mississippi
average: | 7.82% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.38% relocated from other counties in Mississippi ($17,292 average AGI)
1.37% relocated from other states ($8,521 average AGI)
| Calhoun
County: |
1.37% | | Mississippi
average: | 3.40% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Chickasaw County, MS
|
0.64% ($20,188 average AGI) |
| from
Lafayette County, MS
|
0.32% ($27,063) |
| from
Lee County, MS
|
0.32% ($21,813) |
| from
Pontotoc County, MS
|
0.28% ($25,571) |
| from
Webster County, MS
|
0.22% ($23,636) |
| from
Yalobusha County, MS
|
0.20% ($21,300) |
4.55% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,190 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
4.55% | | Mississippi
average: | 8.35% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.47% relocated to other counties in Mississippi ($19,372 average AGI)
1.09% relocated to other states ($5,823 average AGI)
| Calhoun
County: |
1.09% | | Mississippi
average: | 3.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Chickasaw County, MS
|
0.89% ($22,364 average AGI) |
| to
Lafayette County, MS
|
0.40% ($25,100) |
| to
Pontotoc County, MS
|
0.34% ($35,118) |
| to
Lee County, MS
|
0.26% ($17,923) |
| to
Grenada County, MS
|
0.22% ($20,636) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.8
Births
per 1000 population in Calhoun County
|
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.3
Deaths
per 1000 population in Calhoun County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 13.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.9
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Calhoun County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,013 (2,269 aged, 744 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 14,821
- In
family households: 12,899 (3,057 male householders, 1,199 female householders)
3,049
spouses, 4,395 children (3,908 natural, 97 adopted, 390 stepchildren), 556 grandchildren, 102 brothers or sisters, 116 parents, 208 other relatives, 217 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 1,922 (694 male householders (609 living alone)), 1,045 female householders (1,011 living alone)), 183 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 248 (198 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,837 2-persons, 1,139 3-persons, 830 4-persons, 324 5-persons, 90 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,620 1-person, 79 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 5 5-persons.
2,105 married couples with children.
1,099 single-parent households (207 men, 892 women).
96.9% of residents of Calhoun County speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 17% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $107,270,000 ($7217 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,874,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $40,838,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $23,696,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,187,000
Federal grants: $29,167,000
Federal procurement contracts: $680,000 ($190,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $8,701,000 ($6,386,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $268,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,853,000
Federal Government insurance: $10,742,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,074
| Here: |
73 per 1000 residents | | State: | 78
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 924
| Here: |
63 per 1000 residents | | State: |
51 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +126
| Here: |
+9 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+4 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -670
| Here: |
-46 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-4 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Calhoun County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.39 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: 137
- 1995
to 1998: 561
- 1990
to 1994: 546
- 1980
to 1989: 1,354
- 1970
to 1979: 1,562
- 1960
to 1969: 1,025
- 1950
to 1959: 721
- 1940
to 1949: 526
- 1939
or earlier: 470
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Calhoun County, Mississippi:
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- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 54
- 3
rooms: 174
- 4
rooms: 580
- 5
rooms: 1,366
- 6
rooms: 1,065
- 7
rooms: 706
- 8
rooms: 375
- 9
or more rooms: 264
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Calhoun County, Mississippi: |
- 1
room: 18
- 2
rooms: 54
- 3
rooms: 238
- 4
rooms: 407
- 5
rooms: 395
- 6
rooms: 130
- 7
rooms: 130
- 8
rooms: 46
- 9
or more rooms: 17
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Calhoun County: |
- no
bedroom: 34
- 1
bedroom: 132
- 2
bedrooms: 928
- 3
bedrooms: 2,741
- 4
bedrooms: 655
- 5
or more bedrooms: 94
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Calhoun County: |
- no
bedroom: 18
- 1
bedroom: 267
- 2
bedrooms: 574
- 3
bedrooms: 459
- 4
bedrooms: 105
- 5
or more bedrooms: 12
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Calhoun County in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
- no
vehicle: 400
- 1
vehicle: 1,275
- 2
vehicles: 1,791
- 3
vehicles: 813
- 4
vehicles: 227
- 5
or more vehicles: 78
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Calhoun County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 273
- 1
vehicle: 702
- 2
vehicles: 345
- 3
vehicles: 85
- 4
vehicles: 19
- 5
or more vehicles: 11
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68% of Calhoun County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Mississippi.
| Calhoun
County: |
67.9% | | State
average: |
59.0% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 13122
- Northeast:
80
- Midwest:
400
- South:
1084
- West:
109
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,000 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Electricity
(29%)
- Utility
gas (27%)
- Wood
(5%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(39%)
- Utility
gas (32%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (25%)
- No
fuel used (2%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood
(1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 163
| Here: |
8.8% | | Mississippi: | 10.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 59
| Here: |
7.2% | | Mississippi: | 10.5% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 27
| Here: |
8.4% | | Mississippi: | 12.4% |
Calhoun
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- Solid Waste Management: $531,000
All Other: $344,000
- Current
Operations - Regular Highways: $1,346,000
General - Other: $700,000
Central Staff Services: $568,000
Solid Waste Management: $425,000
Financial Administration: $400,000
Police Protection: $298,000
Corrections - Other: $255,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $252,000
General Public Buildings: $132,000
Fire Protection: $51,000
Health Services - Other: $41,000
Libraries: $26,000
Natural Resources - Other: $14,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $309,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Higher Education: $121,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $3,709,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $815,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $705,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $3,600,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $109,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $110,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $367,000
Interest Earnings: $307,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $105,000
Regular Highways: $15,000
Solid Waste Management: $6,000
Police Protection: $4,000
General Public Building: $3,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $4,289,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $3,600,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Highways: $744,000
General Support: $494,000
All Other: $421,000
Public Welfare: $34,000
- Tax
- Property: $3,090,000
NEC: $255,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $1,316,000
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