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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $259 (0.5%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Clarke County is $420 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $483 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $632 a month.
Cities in this county include: Quitman
, Stonewall
, Shubuta
, Enterprise
, Pachuta
.
Neighboring
counties: Choctaw County, Alabama
, Jasper County
, Lauderdale County
, Newton County
, Wayne County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Clarke County: Camp
Pine Crest
(A),
Creek
(B),
Indian Mound
(C)
Churches in Clarke County include: Saint
Johns Church
(A),
Saint John Church
(B),
Rolling Creek Church
(C),
Brown Chapel
(D),
Bucatunna Church
(E),
Calvary Hill Church
(F),
Providence Church
(G),
Center Ridge Church
(H),
Pleasant Ridge Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Shady
Grove Cemetery
(1),
Archusa Memorial Gardens
(2),
Mannassa Cemetery
(3),
Heidelberg Cemetery
(4),
King Cemetery
(5),
Old Souenlovie Cemetery
(6),
Heard Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Bounds,
Lake
(A),
Briar Patch Lake
(B),
Lake Waukaway
(C),
Ivy Lake
(D),
Dollar Lake
(E),
Coker Lake
(F)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Gordon
Creek
(A),
Rattlesnake Creek
(B),
McCants Creek
(C),
Kidd Branch
(D),
Cane Creek
(E),
Archusa Creek
(F),
Luke Fluffer Creek
(G),
Alligator Branch
(H),
Castaffa Creek
(I)
Park in Clarke County: Clarkco
State Park
(1).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
6.8% | | Mississippi: |
6.1% |
Current college students: 488
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 68.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 9.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 62 (47% naturalized citizens)
| Clarke
County: |
0.3% | | Whole
state: | 1.4% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 13
- 1990
to 1994: 10
- 1985
to 1989: 21
- 1980
to 1984: 6
- 1975
to 1979: 2
- 1970
to 1974: 2
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1965
to 1969: 8
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Mean travel time to work: 31.3 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 56.3%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 5,616
- One,
attached: 21
- Two:
19
- 3
or 4: 86
- 5
to 9: 76
- 10
to 19: 10
- 20
or more: 12
- Mobile
homes: 2,248
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 12
Housing units in Clarke County with a mortgage: 1,702 (134 second mortgage, 79 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,645 Agriculture
in Clarke County
Average size of farms: 155 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $21936
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $110.01
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.00%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 91.74%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $23517
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 10.65%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $27293
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.09%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 15.75
Corn for grain: 290 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 48 harvested acres
Vegetables: 25 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 385 acresClarke
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Mississippi state average. It is 2.6 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 6 fatalities and 354 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 2/28/1987, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed 6 people and injured 350 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males:
|
- Construction
(12%)
- Textile
mills and textile products (9%)
- Mining
(8%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Wood
products (4%)
- Public
administration (4%)
- Truck
transportation (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (20%)
- Educational
services (11%)
- Textile
mills and textile products (8%)
- Apparel
(6%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
- Food
and beverage stores (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (4%)
- Extraction
workers (4%)
- Textile,
apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Textile,
apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered
nurses (5%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers
(5%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Indonesia
(18%)
- Nicaragua
(18%)
- Canada
(13%)
- Hungary
(11%)
- France
(10%)
- Korea
(10%)
- Mexico
(8%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Clarke County:
|
- United
States or American (30%)
- Irish
(6%)
- English
(5%)
- German
(2%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
- African
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 5,228 (80%)
- Carpooled:
1,050 (16%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 39 (1%)
- Motorcycle:
6 (0%)
- Walked:
71 (1%)
- Other
means: 60 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 87 (1%)
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People
in group quarters in Clarke County, Mississippi
- 149
people in nursing homes
- 19
people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 11
people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 11
people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $34,434.
8.42% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($55,351 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
8.42% | | Mississippi
average: |
7.82% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.14% relocated from other counties in Mississippi ($49,349 average AGI)
2.28% relocated from other states ($6,002 average AGI)
| Clarke
County: |
2.28% | | Mississippi
average: | 3.40% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Lauderdale County, MS
|
3.71% ($93,991 average AGI) |
| from
Jasper County, MS
|
0.38% ($25,739) |
| from
Wayne County, MS
|
0.38% ($28,348) |
| from
Jones County, MS
|
0.34% ($18,381) |
| from
Orleans Parish, LA
|
0.30% ($18,389) |
| from
Harrison County, MS
|
0.18% ($18,000) |
7.84% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,924 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.84% | | Mississippi
average: | 8.35% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.80% relocated to other counties in Mississippi ($23,160 average AGI)
2.05% relocated to other states ($6,764 average AGI)
| Clarke
County: |
2.05% | | Mississippi
average: | 3.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Lauderdale County, MS
|
3.30% ($30,795 average AGI) |
| to
Jasper County, MS
|
0.38% ($34,391) |
| to
Wayne County, MS
|
0.36% ($24,864) |
| to
Jones County, MS
|
0.35% ($27,095) |
| to
Forrest County, MS
|
0.18% ($22,364) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.5
Births
per 1000 population in Clarke County
|
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.8
Deaths
per 1000 population in Clarke County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 4.9
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Clarke County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 3,332 (2,597 aged, 735 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 17,775
- In
family households: 15,628 (3,665 male householders, 1,375 female householders)
3,654
spouses, 5,702 children (5,266 natural, 172 adopted, 264 stepchildren), 564 grandchildren, 148 brothers or sisters, 65 parents, 195 other relatives, 260 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 2,147 (815 male householders (734 living alone)), 1,116 female householders (1,047 living alone)), 216 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 180 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 2,141 2-persons, 1,252 3-persons, 990 4-persons, 454 5-persons, 140 6-persons, 63 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,781 1-person, 129 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 16 4-persons.
2,746 married couples with children.
1,456 single-parent households (202 men, 1,254 women).
98.3% of residents of Clarke County speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (28% speak English very well, 72% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $105,695,000 ($5994 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,497,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $49,016,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $23,379,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $155,000
Federal grants: $26,742,000
Federal procurement contracts: $4,091,000 ($3,626,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,311,000 ($331,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $200,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,240,000
Federal Government insurance: $9,945,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,309
| Here: |
74 per 1000 residents | | State: | 78
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 979
| Here: |
55 per 1000 residents | | State: |
51 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +5
| Here: |
+0 per 1000 residents | | State: | +4
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -597
| Here: |
-34 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-4 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Clarke County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.88 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: 158
- 1995
to 1998: 730
- 1990
to 1994: 605
- 1980
to 1989: 1,769
- 1970
to 1979: 1,912
- 1960
to 1969: 1,024
- 1950
to 1959: 647
- 1940
to 1949: 635
- 1939
or earlier: 620
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Clarke County, Mississippi:
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- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 65
- 3
rooms: 291
- 4
rooms: 785
- 5
rooms: 1,749
- 6
rooms: 1,478
- 7
rooms: 818
- 8
rooms: 437
- 9
or more rooms: 255
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Clarke County, Mississippi: |
- 1
room: 8
- 2
rooms: 43
- 3
rooms: 96
- 4
rooms: 287
- 5
rooms: 340
- 6
rooms: 215
- 7
rooms: 63
- 8
rooms: 34
- 9
or more rooms: 14
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Clarke County: |
- no
bedroom: 18
- 1
bedroom: 183
- 2
bedrooms: 1,321
- 3
bedrooms: 3,534
- 4
bedrooms: 735
- 5
or more bedrooms: 87
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Clarke County: |
- no
bedroom: 18
- 1
bedroom: 98
- 2
bedrooms: 415
- 3
bedrooms: 505
- 4
bedrooms: 57
- 5
or more bedrooms: 7
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Clarke County in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
- no
vehicle: 510
- 1
vehicle: 1,781
- 2
vehicles: 2,139
- 3
vehicles: 947
- 4
vehicles: 388
- 5
or more vehicles: 113
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Clarke County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 218
- 1
vehicle: 490
- 2
vehicles: 312
- 3
vehicles: 76
- 4
vehicles: 2
- 5
or more vehicles: 2
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70% of Clarke 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, 67% lived in Mississippi.
| Clarke
County: |
69.9% | | State
average: |
59.0% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 14995
- Northeast:
123
- Midwest:
552
- South:
1987
- West:
208
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,800 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Electricity
(40%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Utility
gas (25%)
- Wood
(3%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(41%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Utility
gas (28%)
- Wood
(2%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 81
| Here: |
3.6% | | Mississippi: | 10.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 94
| Here: |
8.5% | | Mississippi: | 10.5% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 28
| Here: |
6.5% | | Mississippi: | 12.4% |
Clarke
County government finances in 2002:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $226,000
- Charges
- Solid Waste Management: $259,000
All Other: $249,000
- Current
Operations - Regular Highways: $2,595,000
Police Protection: $825,000
Central Staff Services: $654,000
Financial Administration: $468,000
Solid Waste Management: $407,000
Corrections - Other: $398,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $394,000
General Public Buildings: $356,000
Fire Protection: $107,000
Health Services - Other: $104,000
General - Other: $102,000
Welfare - Other: $70,000
Natural Resources - Other: $37,000
Parks & Recreation: $25,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $492,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Higher Education: $253,000
Health: $26,000
Central Staff Services: $15,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $2,700,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $4,443,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $3,816,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $2,700,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $627,000
- Miscellaneous
- Interest Earnings: $495,000
General Revenue, NEC: $251,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - General - Other: $245,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,626,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $2,773,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Highways: $800,000
General Support: $657,000
Health & Hospitals: $262,000
- Tax
- Property: $3,556,000
NEC: $312,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $3,634,000
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