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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $328 (0.6%)
Area name: Jackson, MS HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Copiah County is $528 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $613 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $737 a month.
Cities in this county include: Crystal Springs
, Hazlehurst
, Wesson
, Georgetown
, Beauregard
.
Neighboring
counties: Claiborne County
, Hinds County
, Jefferson County
, Lawrence County
, Lincoln County
, Rankin County
, Simpson County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Copiah County: Camp
Wesley Pines
(A),
Kaywood Plantation
(B),
Meadows Store
(C)
Churches in Copiah County include: Saint
James Church
(A),
Brushy Creek Church
(B),
Rehobeth Methodist Church
(C),
Red Hill Church
(D),
Red Barn Church
(E),
Calvary Church
(F),
Providence Church
(G),
Poplar Springs Church
(H),
Center Point Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Pisgah
Cemetery
(1),
Ashley Cemetery
(2),
Sardis Cemetery
(3),
Old Ruby Cemetery
(4),
Flower Hill Cemetery
(5),
Edwards Cemetery
(6),
Hawkins Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Ruel-A-Lou
Lake
(A),
Little Lake
(B),
Allen Lake
(C),
Causey Lake
(D),
Wilson Lake
(E),
Lake Copiah
(F),
Lindsey Lake
(G),
Wesson Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Anding
Branch
(A),
Bell Branch
(B),
Anderson Branch
(C),
Steel Creek
(D),
King Creek
(E),
King Branch
(F),
Keys Creek
(G),
Yellow Sand Creek
(H),
Providence Creek
(I)
Parks in Copiah County include: George
F Henneberry Game Reserve
(1),
Copiah County State Wildlife Management Area
(2)
Post office: Gallman
Post Office
(A).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
7.1% | | Mississippi: |
6.1% |
Current college students: 1,605
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 69.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 225 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Copiah
County: |
0.8% | | Whole
state: | 1.4% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
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- 1995
to March 2000: 36
- 1990
to 1994: 29
- 1985
to 1989: 55
- 1980
to 1984: 17
- 1975
to 1979: 12
- 1970
to 1974: 15
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1965
to 1969: 61
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Mean travel time to work: 29.3 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 52.0%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 7,777
- One,
attached: 60
- Two:
111
- 3
or 4: 372
- 5
to 9: 160
- 10
to 19: 41
- 20
or more: 79
- Mobile
homes: 2,487
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 14
Housing units in Copiah County with a mortgage: 2,362 (203 second mortgage, 163 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,485 Agriculture
in Copiah County
Average size of farms: 228 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $58811
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $191.88
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 93.25%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $62424
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 9.06%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $23963
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 94.93%
Average age of principal farm operators: 59 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 12.91
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 4.27%
Corn for grain: 464 harvested acres
Vegetables: 546 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 163 acresCopiah
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Mississippi state average. It is 4.2 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 21 fatalities and 170 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 11/21/1992, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed 12 people and injured 122 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males:
|
- Construction
(13%)
- Truck
transportation (5%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Food
(4%)
- Electrical
equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Educational
services (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (15%)
- Educational
services (13%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Finance
and insurance (6%)
- Food
(5%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Social
assistance (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (5%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females |
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (8%)
- Cashiers
(7%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Health
technologists and technicians (3%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- India
(20%)
- United
Kingdom (18%)
- Mexico
(8%)
- Panama
(7%)
- Ireland
(6%)
- Costa
Rica (5%)
- Guatemala
(5%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Copiah County:
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- United
States or American (17%)
- English
(6%)
- Irish
(5%)
- German
(3%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
- African
(1%)
- European
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 8,130 (76%)
- Carpooled:
2,032 (19%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 55 (1%)
- Streetcar
or trolley car: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle:
8 (0%)
- Walked:
211 (2%)
- Other
means: 157 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 118 (1%)
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People
in group quarters in Copiah County, Mississippi
- 794
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 234
people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 121
people in nursing homes
- 69
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 28
people in homes for the mentally retarded
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $34,452.
5.74% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,556 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.74% | | Mississippi
average: | 7.82% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.66% relocated from other counties in Mississippi ($19,143 average AGI)
2.08% relocated from other states ($8,413 average AGI)
| Copiah
County: |
2.08% | | Mississippi
average: | 3.40% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Hinds County, MS
|
1.30% ($35,400 average AGI) |
| from
Rankin County, MS
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0.55% ($30,415) |
| from
Orleans Parish, LA
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0.46% ($19,864) |
| from
Lincoln County, MS
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0.41% ($29,075) |
| from
Jefferson Parish, LA
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0.24% ($23,130) |
| from
Harrison County, MS
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0.15% ($21,143) |
| from
Simpson County, MS
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0.15% ($16,071) |
5.25% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,302 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.25% | | Mississippi
average: | 8.35% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.92% relocated to other counties in Mississippi ($22,764 average AGI)
1.33% relocated to other states ($7,538 average AGI)
| Copiah
County: |
1.33% | | Mississippi
average: | 3.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Hinds County, MS
|
1.37% ($33,735 average AGI) |
| to
Lincoln County, MS
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0.64% ($26,770) |
| to
Rankin County, MS
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0.57% ($35,564) |
| to
Madison County, MS
|
0.24% ($32,391) |
| to
Lawrence County, MS
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0.14% ($20,308) |
| to
Simpson County, MS
|
0.10% ($24,300) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.9
Births
per 1000 population in Copiah County
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Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.9
Deaths
per 1000 population in Copiah County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 14.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 12.2
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Copiah County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 5,548 (4,146 aged, 1,402 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 20%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 27,573
- In
family households: 24,705 (5,062 male householders, 2,521 female householders)
4,989
spouses, 9,308 children (8,664 natural, 181 adopted, 463 stepchildren), 1,178 grandchildren, 434 brothers or sisters, 213 parents, 533 other relatives, 467 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 2,868 (1,088 male householders (947 living alone)), 1,525 female householders (1,429 living alone)), 255 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 1,184 (202 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,835 2-persons, 1,863 3-persons, 1,549 4-persons, 762 5-persons, 423 6-persons, 151 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,376 1-person, 214 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 1 4-persons.
3,927 married couples with children.
2,297 single-parent households (373 men, 1,924 women).
97.8% of residents of Copiah County speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $203,735,000 ($6989 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,286,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $85,653,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $50,329,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $751,000
Federal grants: $47,810,000
Federal procurement contracts: $12,291,000 ($1,004,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,901,000 ($2,711,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $427,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $6,264,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,899,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,359
| Here: |
81 per 1000 residents | | State: |
78 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 1,485
| Here: |
51 per 1000 residents | | State: |
51 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +25
| Here: |
+1 per 1000 residents | | State: | +4
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -459
| Here: |
-16 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-4 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Copiah County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.21 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: 376
- 1995
to 1998: 766
- 1990
to 1994: 904
- 1980
to 1989: 2,046
- 1970
to 1979: 2,369
- 1960
to 1969: 1,640
- 1950
to 1959: 1,040
- 1940
to 1949: 757
- 1939
or earlier: 1,203
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Copiah County, Mississippi:
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- 1
room: 11
- 2
rooms: 106
- 3
rooms: 435
- 4
rooms: 800
- 5
rooms: 2,598
- 6
rooms: 1,888
- 7
rooms: 1,137
- 8
rooms: 614
- 9
or more rooms: 506
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Copiah County, Mississippi: |
- 1
room: 35
- 2
rooms: 162
- 3
rooms: 311
- 4
rooms: 449
- 5
rooms: 593
- 6
rooms: 271
- 7
rooms: 141
- 8
rooms: 61
- 9
or more rooms: 24
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Copiah County: |
- no
bedroom: 59
- 1
bedroom: 253
- 2
bedrooms: 1,701
- 3
bedrooms: 4,829
- 4
bedrooms: 1,091
- 5
or more bedrooms: 162
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Copiah County: |
- no
bedroom: 55
- 1
bedroom: 378
- 2
bedrooms: 739
- 3
bedrooms: 751
- 4
bedrooms: 105
- 5
or more bedrooms: 19
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Copiah County in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
- no
vehicle: 623
- 1
vehicle: 2,587
- 2
vehicles: 2,997
- 3
vehicles: 1,428
- 4
vehicles: 334
- 5
or more vehicles: 126
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Copiah County in renter-occupied apartments
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- no
vehicle: 501
- 1
vehicle: 998
- 2
vehicles: 440
- 3
vehicles: 79
- 4
vehicles: 2
- 5
or more vehicles: 27
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66% of Copiah County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Mississippi.
| Copiah
County: |
66.3% | | State
average: |
59.0% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 25225
- Northeast:
193
- Midwest:
654
- South:
2164
- West:
225
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Utility
gas (32%)
- Electricity
(31%)
- Wood
(3%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Utility
gas (41%)
- Electricity
(35%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Wood
(1%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 565
| Here: |
15.0% | | Mississippi: |
10.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 370
| Here: |
18.9% | | Mississippi: |
10.5% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 223
| Here: |
14.7% | | Mississippi: |
12.4% |
Copiah
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- Hospital Public: $18,044,000
All Other: $331,000
- Current
Operations - Own Hospitals: $10,563,000
Regular Highways: $2,137,000
Police Protection: $1,198,000
Financial Administration: $729,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $729,000
Central Staff Services: $653,000
Corrections - Other: $412,000
General Public Buildings: $402,000
Welfare - Other: $283,000
Fire Protection: $262,000
Health Services - Other: $121,000
General - Other: $108,000
Parks & Recreation: $93,000
Natural Resources - Other: $79,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $250,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Higher Education: $789,000
Health: $65,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $4,474,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $3,841,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $633,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $116,000
Interest Earnings: $62,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $5,306,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $290,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,047,000
General Support: $405,000
- Tax
- Property: $3,751,000
NEC: $626,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $6,801,000
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