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| PEOPLE
QUICK FACTS |
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OKTIBBEHA
COUNTY
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| Population,
2000 |
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42,902
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| Population,
percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
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11.8%
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| Persons
under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
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6.0%
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| Persons
under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
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21.0%
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| Persons
65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
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8.6%
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| White
persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
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58.7%
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| Black
or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
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37.4%
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| American
Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
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0.2%
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| Asian
persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
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2.5%
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| Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
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Z
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| Persons
reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
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0.5%
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| Persons
reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
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0.7%
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| Female
population, percent, 2000 |
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50.0%
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| Persons
of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
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1.1%
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| White
persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
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58.2%
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| High
school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 |
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13,749
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| College
graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 |
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5,975
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| Student
: teacher ratio in public schools in the Starkville Separate
School District |
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15:1
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| Housing
units, 2000 |
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17,344
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| Homeownership
rate, 2000 |
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55.6%
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| Households,
2000 |
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15,945
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| Persons
per household, 2000 |
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2.42
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| Households
with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 |
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31.3%
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| Single
family homes built in the last 3 years |
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278
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| Multi-family
housing units built in the last 3 years |
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339
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| Median
household money income, 1997 model-based estimate |
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$27,224
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| Persons
below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate |
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20.0%
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| Children
below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate |
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24.2%
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| BUSINESS
QUICK FACTS |
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OKTIBBEHA
COUNTY
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| Population
employed |
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97%
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| Private
nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 |
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793
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| Private
nonfarm employment, 1998 |
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9,543
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| Private
nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 |
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29.8%
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| Nonemployer
establishments, 1997 |
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1,642
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| Manufacturers
shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
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372,308
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| Retail
sales, 1997 ($1000) |
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241,378
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| Retail
sales per capita, 1997 |
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$6,080
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| Increase
in retail sales growth in the past 5 years
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$80,000,000
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| Minority-owned
firms, 1992 |
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242
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| Women-owned
firms, 1992 |
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584
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| Housing
units authorized by building permits, 1999 |
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408
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| Federal
funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) |
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203,039
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| Local
government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 |
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1,671
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| Trade
area population including contiguous counties |
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179,137
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| Student
market population |
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16,800
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| Combined
assets of local bank branches & Savings and Load Associations |
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$416,666,036
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| Growth
in annual dollar volume of commercial construction activity
over the last 5 years |
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41%
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GEOGRAPHY QUICK FACTS |
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OKTIBBEHA
COUNTY
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| Land
area, 2000 (square miles) |
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458
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| Persons
per square mile, 2000 |
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93.7
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| Average
temperature over a yearly period |
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61.6°
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(a)
Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of
any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. Z:
Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
Source:
U.S. Census Bureau: State and County Quick Facts Data derived from
Population Estimates, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, 1990
Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty
Estimates, County Business Patterns, 1997 Economic Census, Minority
and Women Owned Business, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal
Funds Report, 1997 Census of Governments.
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