Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $877 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $611 (0.5%)
Area name: Memphis, TN-MS-AR HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in DeSoto County is $572 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $636 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $847 a month.
Cities in this county include: Southaven
, Olive Branch
, Horn Lake
, Hernando
, Lynchburg
, Memphis
.
2005 air pollution in DeSoto County:
Ozone (1-hour): 0.107 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.084 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3):
13.3 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3):
40 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Crittenden County, Arkansas
, Marshall County
, Tate County
, Tunica County
, Shelby County, Tennessee
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in DeSoto County: Nemway
(A),
Newport Industrial Complex
(B),
Bass Landing
(C),
Camp Currier
(D),
Frees Corners
(E),
Grey Farm
(F),
Highway Fiftyone Landing
(G),
Howards Store
(H),
Wilson Store
(I)
Churches in DeSoto County include: Sacred
Heart Catholic Church
(A),
Botts Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
(B),
Bullards Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
(C),
Cal Bluff Church
(D),
Possum Track Church
(E),
Cedarview Baptist Church
(F),
Center Hill Church
(G),
Center Point Church
(H),
Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Knights
Cemetery
(1),
Bakers Chapel Cemetery
(2),
McGehee Cemetery
(3),
Kelsey Cemetery
(4),
Kelly Cemetery
(5),
Old Love Cemetery
(6),
Bethel Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Norfolk
Lake
(A),
Cormorant, Lake
(B),
Mud Lake
(C),
Horn Lake
(D),
Sunset Lake
(E),
Arkabutla Lake
(F),
Sunrise Lake
(G),
Skybrand Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Red
Banks Creek
(A),
Byhalia Creek
(B),
Camp Creek
(C),
Sticky Creek
(D),
Cane Creek
(E),
Caney Creek
(F),
Jordan Creek
(G),
Johnson Creek
(H),
Jackson Creek
(I)
Parks in DeSoto County include: Hernando
Point Public Use Area
(1),
North Abutment Public Use Area
(2),
Arkabutla State Waterfowl Refuge
(3),
Plantation Point Public Use Area
(4),
Pleasant Hill Public Use Area
(5)
Post office: Walls
Post Office
(A).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
4.2% | | Mississippi: | 6.1% |
Current college students: 4,155
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.3%
Number of foreign born residents: 2,051 (34% naturalized citizens)
| DeSoto
County: |
1.9% | | Whole
state: |
1.4% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 799
- 1990
to 1994: 467
- 1985
to 1989: 149
- 1980
to 1984: 183
- 1975
to 1979: 123
- 1970
to 1974: 112
- 1970
to 1974: 76
- 1965
to 1969: 142
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Mean travel time to work: 25.8 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 35.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 32,252
- One,
attached: 649
- Two:
203
- 3
or 4: 1,130
- 5
to 9: 2,147
- 10
to 19: 996
- 20
or more: 410
- Mobile
homes: 2,995
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Housing units in DeSoto County with a mortgage: 21,723 (2,161 second mortgage, 1,730 home equity loan, 122 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,159 Agriculture
in DeSoto County
Average size of farms: 224 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $33483
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $235.97
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 13.46%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $33237
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 54.93%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 15.35%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $37701
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 92.49%
Average age of principal farm operators: 58 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 7.84
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.64%
Corn for grain: 12735 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 8178 harvested acres
Upland cotton: 10190 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 38935 harvested acres
Vegetables: 255 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 105 acresDeSoto
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Mississippi state average. It is 2.8 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 2 fatalities and 120 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 11/27/1973, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado killed one person and injured 50 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males:
|
- Construction
(16%)
- Truck
transportation (8%)
- Arts,
entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Public
administration (4%)
- Other
transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Accommodation
and food services (3%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (12%)
- Arts,
entertainment, and recreation (9%)
- Educational
services (8%)
- Finance
and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation
and food services (5%)
- Truck
transportation (4%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
|
Most
common occupations for males |
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (4%)
|
Most
common occupations for females |
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (7%)
- Customer
service representatives (4%)
- Bookkeeping,
accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers
(4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(45%)
- Philippines
(7%)
- Korea
(6%)
- Germany
(4%)
- Other
Western Africa (4%)
- United
Kingdom (4%)
- India
(3%)
|
Most
common first ancestries reported in DeSoto County:
|
- United
States or American (25%)
- Irish
(12%)
- English
(10%)
- German
(8%)
- Italian
(3%)
- Scotch-Irish
(3%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
|
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 45,038 (86%)
- Carpooled:
5,902 (11%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 35 (0%)
- Subway
or elevated: 20 (0%)
- Railroad:
49 (0%)
- Ferryboat:
16 (0%)
- Taxi:
11 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
29 (0%)
- Bicycle:
23 (0%)
- Walked:
158 (0%)
- Other
means: 254 (0%)
- Worked
at home: 1,112 (2%)
|
People
in group quarters in DeSoto County, Mississippi
- 229
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 225
people in nursing homes
- 62
people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 21
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 16
people in other group homes
- 14
people in religious group quarters
- 11
people in homes for the mentally ill
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $53,496.
11.98% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,864 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
11.98% | | Mississippi
average: |
7.82% |
0.03% of residents moved from foreign countries ($71 average AGI)
| DeSoto
County: |
0.03% | | Mississippi
average: | 0.09% |
2.97% relocated from other counties in Mississippi ($8,938 average AGI)
8.98% relocated from other states ($33,856 average AGI)
| DeSoto
County: |
8.98% | | Mississippi
average: |
3.40% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Shelby County, TN
|
4.92% ($41,930 average AGI) |
| from
Tate County, MS
|
0.44% ($32,198) |
| from
Marshall County, MS
|
0.42% ($33,000) |
| from
Tunica County, MS
|
0.28% ($31,764) |
| from
Harrison County, MS
|
0.22% ($32,876) |
| from
Panola County, MS
|
0.20% ($30,515) |
| from
Lafayette County, MS
|
0.13% ($40,523) |
7.52% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,117 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.52% | | Mississippi
average: | 8.35% |
0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($63 average AGI)
| DeSoto
County: |
0.03% | | Mississippi
average: | 0.08% |
2.13% relocated to other counties in Mississippi ($10,787 average AGI)
5.36% relocated to other states ($27,267 average AGI)
| DeSoto
County: |
5.36% | | Mississippi
average: |
3.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Shelby County, TN
|
2.45% ($31,556 average AGI) |
| to
Tate County, MS
|
0.48% ($43,320) |
| to
Marshall County, MS
|
0.46% ($35,982) |
| to
Tunica County, MS
|
0.17% ($28,450) |
| to
Panola County, MS
|
0.16% ($33,133) |
| to
Lafayette County, MS
|
0.11% ($32,528) |
| to
Crittenden County, AR
|
0.08% ($28,459) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.6
Births
per 1000 population in DeSoto County
|
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 7.2
Deaths
per 1000 population in DeSoto County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 7.5
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in DeSoto County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 13,091 (10,829 aged, 2,262 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 106,619
- In
family households: 96,248 (24,073 male householders, 6,246 female householders)
24,530
spouses, 34,115 children (30,193 natural, 777 adopted, 3,145 stepchildren), 2,150 grandchildren, 814 brothers or sisters, 857 parents, 1,631 other relatives, 1,832 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 10,371 (3,801 male householders (2,920 living alone)), 4,701 female householders (4,097 living alone)), 1,869 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 580 (519 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 11,703 2-persons, 7,691 3-persons, 6,806 4-persons, 2,765 5-persons, 905 6-persons, 449 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 7,017 1-person, 1,224 2-persons, 191 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons.
21,090 married couples with children.
6,108 single-parent households (1,481 men, 4,627 women).
96.4% of residents of DeSoto County speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (54% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 9% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $402,174,000 ($3080 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $30,428,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $244,173,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $65,802,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,213,000
Federal grants: $57,569,000
Federal procurement contracts: $18,508,000 ($14,795,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $12,909,000 ($1,936,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,204,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $201,843,000
Federal Government insurance: $56,585,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 9,554
| Here: |
70 per 1000 residents | | State: | 78
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 4,317
| Here: |
32 per 1000 residents | | State: | 51
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +658
| Here: |
+5 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+4 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +24,203
| Here: |
+177 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-4 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in DeSoto County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 10.86 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: 3,173
- 1995
to 1998: 9,442
- 1990
to 1994: 6,770
- 1980
to 1989: 7,546
- 1970
to 1979: 7,738
- 1960
to 1969: 4,098
- 1950
to 1959: 885
- 1940
to 1949: 572
- 1939
or earlier: 571
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in DeSoto County, Mississippi:
|
- 1
room: 6
- 2
rooms: 72
- 3
rooms: 564
- 4
rooms: 1,907
- 5
rooms: 9,101
- 6
rooms: 8,449
- 7
rooms: 5,140
- 8
rooms: 2,868
- 9
or more rooms: 2,629
|
Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in DeSoto County, Mississippi: |
- 1
room: 74
- 2
rooms: 455
- 3
rooms: 1,157
- 4
rooms: 2,259
- 5
rooms: 2,647
- 6
rooms: 937
- 7
rooms: 339
- 8
rooms: 91
- 9
or more rooms: 97
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in DeSoto County: |
- no
bedroom: 52
- 1
bedroom: 392
- 2
bedrooms: 3,133
- 3
bedrooms: 20,890
- 4
bedrooms: 5,210
- 5
or more bedrooms: 1,059
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in DeSoto County: |
- no
bedroom: 86
- 1
bedroom: 1,531
- 2
bedrooms: 3,329
- 3
bedrooms: 2,752
- 4
bedrooms: 316
- 5
or more bedrooms: 42
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in DeSoto County in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
- no
vehicle: 698
- 1
vehicle: 7,037
- 2
vehicles: 15,673
- 3
vehicles: 5,289
- 4
vehicles: 1,506
- 5
or more vehicles: 533
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in DeSoto County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 691
- 1
vehicle: 3,701
- 2
vehicles: 2,928
- 3
vehicles: 574
- 4
vehicles: 135
- 5
or more vehicles: 27
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49% of DeSoto County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 22% lived in Mississippi.
| DeSoto
County: |
49.0% | | State
average: | 59.0% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 28772
- Northeast:
2059
- Midwest:
7938
- South:
62658
- West:
3115
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $97,100 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (66%)
- Electricity
(21%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood
(1%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(54%)
- Utility
gas (37%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood
(1%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
|
Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,500
| Here: |
10.8% | | Mississippi: |
10.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 741
| Here: |
13.2% | | Mississippi: |
10.5% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 671
| Here: |
18.6% | | Mississippi: |
12.4% |
DeSoto
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- All Other: $2,037,000
- Construction
- Regular Highways: $11,930,000
General: $494,000
- Current
Operations - Police Protection: $8,372,000
Regular Highways: $7,469,000
Central Staff Services: $2,991,000
Corrections - Other: $2,878,000
Financial Administration: $2,492,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,492,000
General Public Buildings: $1,994,000
Fire Protection: $1,832,000
Parks & Recreation: $1,085,000
Health Services - Other: $1,074,000
Solid Waste Management: $981,000
Natural Resources - Other: $466,000
General - Other: $61,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $1,695,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Higher Education: $3,657,000
Libraries: $895,000
General: $179,000
Central Staff Services: $153,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $0
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $49,770,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $4,997,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $51,534,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $3,233,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $3,862,000
Interest Earnings: $446,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $23,688,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Highways: $3,127,000
General Support: $2,664,000
All Other: $2,629,000
Health & Hospitals: $463,000
- Tax
- Property: $29,511,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $8,049,000
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