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Population (year 2000): 2,242. Estimated population in July 2006: 2,066 (-7.9% change)
 
Males: 965   (43.0%)
Females: 1,277   (57.0%)

Jefferson County

Median resident age:   27.8 years
Mississippi median age:   33.8 years

Zip codes: 39069 .

Estimated median household income in 2005: $13,400 (it was $13,564 in 2000)
Fayette   $13,400
Mississippi:   $32,938

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $46,900 (it was $45,900 in 2000)
Fayette   $46,900
Mississippi:   $82,700

Fayette, MS residents, houses, and apartments details

 

Races in Fayette:

  • Black (97.4%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (1.9%)
  • Hispanic (0.6%)


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Ancestries: Subsaharan African (1.6%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 290 feet

Land area: 1.18 square miles.

Population density: 1796 people per square mile 
 
 (low).




Fayette

For population 25 years and over in Fayette

  • High school or higher: 55.2%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.7%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 6.7%
  • Unemployed: 22.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Fayette city

  • Never married: 50.7%
  • Now married: 25.8%
  • Separated: 5.5%
  • Widowed: 7.6%
  • Divorced: 10.3%

5 residents are foreign born

This city:   0.2%
Mississippi:   1.4%



According to our research there were 5 registered sex offenders living in Fayette, Mississippi in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Fayette to the number of sex offenders is 423 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Fayette:   0.8% ($356)
Mississippi:   0.6% ($425)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Jackson, MS (72.5 miles , pop. 184,256).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Baton Rouge, LA (86.8 miles , pop. 227,818).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (326.0 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Roxie, MS (14.2 miles ), Port Gibson, MS (17.8 miles ), St. Joseph, LA (18.8 miles ), Meadville, MS (20.2 miles ), Bude, MS (22.7 miles ), Waterproof, LA (23.2 miles ), Natchez, MS (24.8 miles ), Vidalia, LA (27.4 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 7 buildings, average cost: $19,300
  • 1997: 7 buildings, average cost: $19,300
  • 1998: 6 buildings, average cost: $19,300
  • 1999: 7 buildings, average cost: $19,300
  • 2000: 6 buildings, average cost: $19,300
  • 2001: 6 buildings, average cost: $19,300
  • 2002: 4 buildings, average cost: $52,000
  • 2003: 5 buildings, average cost: $52,000
  • 2004: 0 buildings
  • 2005: 0 buildings
  • 2006: 1 building, cost: $85,000

Number of permits per 10,000 residents


Average cost (in 1000s)


Latitude: 31.71 N, Longitude: 91.06 W


55 people in nursing homes

Area code: 601


Population change in the 1990s: +397 (+21.5%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (14%)
  • Educational services (14%)
  • Public administration (10%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
  • Utilities (6%)
  • Wood products (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (24%)
  • Health care (14%)
  • Public administration (10%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)
  • Food (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Construction laborers (5%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Cashiers (11%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)


Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 6 (3 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:   1.42
US city average:   3.00

Average climate in Fayette, Mississippi

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Fayette-area historical tornado activity is near Mississippi state average. It is 146% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 1/23/1969, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 2.3 miles away from the Fayette city center killed 32 people and injured 241 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 3/29/1976, a category 4 tornado 28.7 miles away from the city center injured 8 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


Birthplace of: Delvin Thompson - College basketball player (Alcorn State Braves), Juan Wyatt - College basketball player (Alcorn State Braves), Richard Truly - astronaut.


Hospital/medical center in Fayette:
  • JEFFERSON COUNTY HOSPITAL (809 S MAIN BOX 577)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Fayette:
  • CLAIBORNE COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; PORT GIBSON, MS)
  • FRANKLIN COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; MEADVILLE, MS)
  • NATCHEZ COMMUNITY HOSPITAL/SWING BED (about 22 miles; NATCHEZ, MS)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Fayette:
  • HARDY-ANDERS FIELD NATCHEZ-ADAMS COUNTY (about 18 miles; NATCHEZ, MS; ID: HEZ)
  • JACKSON INTERNATIONAL (about 80 miles; JACKSON, MS; ID: JAN)
  • BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN, RYAN FIELD (about 83 miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; ID: BTR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Fayette:
  • TENSAS PARISH (about 23 miles; ST JOSEPH, LA; ID: L33)
  • NEWELLTON (about 27 miles; NEWELLTON, LA; ID: 9M2)
  • CROSBY MUNICIPAL (about 30 miles; CROSBY, MS; ID: C71)

Operable nuclear power plant near Fayette:
  • 18 miles: Grand Gulf in Port Gibson, MS.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Fayette:
  • ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 3 miles; ALCORN STATE, MS; Full-time enrollment: 2,594)
  • HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 53 miles; RAYMOND, MS; FT enrollment: 10,057)
  • MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 62 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT enrollment: 2,904)
  • JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 72 miles; JACKSON, MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
  • SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A & M COLLEGE (about 83 miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 8,399)
  • UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE (about 90 miles; MONROE, LA; FT enrollment: 8,116)
  • LOUISIANA STATE UNIV & AG & MECH & HEBERT LAWS CTR (about 91 miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 28,696)
Public high schools in Fayette:
  • JEFFERSON CO HIGH (Students: 468; Location: 2277 MAIN ST.; Grades: 09 - 12)
  • JEFFERSON COUNTY ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL (Location: 468 HWY 33; Grades: 07 - 12)
  • FAYETTE VOC CENTER (Location: 205 INDUSTRIAL PARK DR.; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public elementary/middle schools in Fayette:
  • JEFFERSON CO ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 614; Location: 430 HWY 33; Grades: PK - 04)
  • JEFFERSON COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 511; Location: 468 HWY 33; Grades: 05 - 08)

Churches in Fayette include: Fayette Baptist Church (A) , Mount Zion Church of God in Christ (B) .

Courts: Jefferson County - Justice Court Clerk (1483 Main Street), Fayette City - Municipal Court Clerk (59 Medgar Evers Boulevard), Jefferson County - Youth Court Counselor (South Main).

 

Average household size:
This city:   2.8 people
Mississippi:   2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:   70.1%
Whole state:   71.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:   6.7%
Whole state:   4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:   48.2%
Whole state:   19.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:   25.6%
Whole state:   9.1%

Fayette compared to Mississippi state average:

  • Median household income significantly below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
  • House age significantly above state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
Banks with branches in Fayette (2007 data):
  • United Mississippi Bank: Fayette Branch at 230 Main Street, branch established on 1974-08-26. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $190.8 mil, Deposits: $162.6 mil, headquarters in Natchez, MS, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 9 total offices, Holding Company: Southwest Security, Inc.
  • The Jefferson Bank: at 1445 Main Street, branch established on 1901-01-03. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $41.8 mil, Deposits: $36.4 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Southeast Arkansas Bank Corporation



Educational Attainment



School Enrollment by Level of School



Most commonly used house heating fuel:



4.44% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($23,009 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   4.44%
Mississippi average:   7.82%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Orleans Parish, LA  0.83% ($17,400 average AGI)
from Adams County, MS  0.50% ($24,583)


5.84% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($24,958 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   5.84%
Mississippi average:   8.35%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Adams County, MS  1.06% ($20,192 average AGI)
to Warren County, MS  0.98% ($23,042)
to Hinds County, MS  0.53% ($20,154)


Strongest AM radio stations in Fayette:
  • WJNT (1180 AM; 50 kW; PEARL, MS; Owner: BUCHANAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WSJC (810 AM; 50 kW; MAGEE, MS; Owner: FAMILY TALK RADIO)
  • WOMN (1110 AM; daytime; 30 kW; FRANKLINTON, LA; Owner: PITTMAN BROADCASTING SERVICES, LLC.)
  • WWL (870 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
  • WLNO (1060 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: COMMUNICOM CO. OF LOUISIANA, L.P.)
  • WAPF (980 AM; 5 kW; MCCOMB, MS; Owner: SAN-DOW BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KEEL (710 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WTWZ (1120 AM; daytime; 8 kW; CLINTON, MS; Owner: WOOD BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WHNY (1250 AM; 5 kW; MCCOMB, MS; Owner: C.W.H. BROADCASTING INC.)
  • WJDX (620 AM; 5 kW; JACKSON, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
  • WSKR (1210 AM; 10 kW; DENHAM SPRINGS, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WMIS (1240 AM; 1 kW; NATCHEZ, MS; Owner: NATCHEZ BROADCASTING CO.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Fayette:
  • WTYJ (97.7 FM; FAYETTE, MS; Owner: NATCHEZ COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WQNZ (95.1 FM; NATCHEZ, MS; Owner: FIRST NATCHEZ CORPORATION)
  • WNJJ (97.3 FM; NATCHEZ, MS; Owner: WILL PERK BROADCASTING)
  • WMAU-FM (88.9 FM; BUDE, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
  • WPRL (91.7 FM; LORMAN, MS; Owner: ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WSTZ-FM (106.7 FM; VICKSBURG, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WMSI-FM (102.9 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WAKH (105.7 FM; MCCOMB, MS; Owner: SAN-DOW BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WASM (91.1 FM; NATCHEZ, MS; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
  • KPXS (104.7 FM; VIDALIA, LA; Owner: VISION BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • W220BN (91.9 FM; NATCHEZ, MS; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Fayette:
  • WNTZ (Channel 48; NATCHEZ, MS; Owner: WHITE KNIGHT BROADCASTING OF NATCHEZ LICENSE CORP.)
  • W24CR (Channel 24; NATCHEZ, MS; Owner: LOUISIANA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WLBT (Channel 3; JACKSON, MS; Owner: CIVCO, INC.)
  • WMAU-TV (Channel 17; BUDE, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
  • WDBD (Channel 40; JACKSON, MS; Owner: WDBD LICENSE CORP.)
  • WMPN-TV (Channel 29; JACKSON, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
  • W59DK (Channel 59; NATCHEZ, MS; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

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