Population, Income, Education, and Employment
| Population |
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Year |
| 1980 |
1,570,899 |
949,871 |
2,520,770 |
| 1990 |
1,549,014 |
1,024,202 |
2,573,216 |
| 2000 |
1,650,106 |
1,194,552 |
2,844,658 |
| 2008 (latest estimates) |
1,643,353 |
1,295,265 |
2,938,618 |
More information on Mississippi population
• County-level Population Data
• Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.
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Income
|
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Per-capita income (2007 dollars) |
| 2006 |
24,983 |
31,562 |
27,843 |
| 2007 |
25,267 |
32,742 |
28,541 |
| Percent change |
2.3 |
7.5 |
5.0 |
| |
| Earnings per job (2007 dollars) |
| 2006 |
32,575 |
39,653 |
35,941 |
| 2007 |
32,586 |
39,017 |
35,692 |
| Percent change |
0.1 |
-3.2 |
-1.4 |
| |
| Poverty rate (percent) |
| 1979 |
26.9 |
19.0 |
23.9 |
| 1989 |
28.4 |
20.3 |
25.2 |
| 1999 |
23.1 |
15.6 |
19.9 |
| 2007 (latest model-based estimates) |
24.1 |
16.4 |
20.7 |
More information on Mississippi poverty rates
• County-level Poverty Data
• Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room
• See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates
• Contact Tracey Farrigan, 202-694-5489
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Education (Persons 25 and older)
|
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Percent not completing high school |
| 1980 |
50.3 |
36.6 |
45.2 |
| 1990 |
40.6 |
28.4 |
35.7 |
| 2000 |
31.7 |
21.0 |
27.1 |
| |
| Percent completing high school only |
| 1980 |
27.0 |
32.0 |
29.2 |
| 1990 |
27.6 |
27.4 |
27.5 |
| 2000 |
30.4 |
27.9 |
29.4 |
| |
| Percent completing some college |
| 1980 |
11.6 |
16.2 |
13.3 |
| 1990 |
19.5 |
25.8 |
22.0 |
| 2000 |
23.8 |
30.4 |
26.6 |
| |
| Percent completing college |
| 1980 |
10.5 |
15.2 |
12.3 |
| 1990 |
12.3 |
18.4 |
14.7 |
| 2000 |
14.1 |
20.7 |
16.9 |
More information on Mississippi education
• County-level Education Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423
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Farm Characteristics
| 1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture |
| |
| |
1997 |
2002 |
2007 |
| Approximate total land area (acres) |
30,024,752 |
30,020,449 |
30,012,193 |
| Total farmland (acres) |
11,436,287 |
11,097,543 |
11,456,241 |
| Percent of total land area |
38.1 |
37.0 |
38.2 |
| |
| Cropland (acres) |
6,324,156 |
5,822,786 |
5,530,825 |
| Percent of total farmland |
55.3 |
52.5 |
48.3 |
| Percent in pasture |
19.7 |
15.4 |
13.4 |
| Percent irrigated |
17.5 |
20.2 |
24.7 |
| |
| Harvested Cropland (acres) |
4,519,775 |
4,139,341 |
4,223,708 |
| |
| Woodland (acres) |
3,348,635 |
3,264,040 |
3,610,991 |
| Percent of total farmland |
29.3 |
29.4 |
31.5 |
| Percent in pasture |
23.9 |
24.7 |
15.5 |
| |
| Pastureland (acres) |
1,091,802 |
1,403,451 |
1,639,243 |
| Percent of total farmland |
9.5 |
12.6 |
14.3 |
| |
Land in house lots, ponds,
roads, wasteland, etc. (acres) |
671,694 |
607,266 |
675,182 |
| Percent of total farmland |
5.9 |
5.5 |
5.9 |
| |
| Conservation practices |
Farmland in conservation or
wetlands reserve programs
(acres) |
729,313 |
807,340 |
1,107,406 |
| |
| Average farm size (acres) |
271 |
263 |
273 |
| |
| Farms by size (percent) |
| 1 to 99 acres |
48.1 |
51.3 |
48.8 |
| 100 to 499 acres |
40.3 |
38.8 |
40.4 |
| 500 to 999 acres |
6.2 |
5.0 |
5.4 |
| 1000 to 1,999 acres |
3.2 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
| 2,000 or more acres |
2.1 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
| |
| Farms by sales (percent) |
| Less than $9,999 |
72.6 |
74.1 |
71.2 |
| $10,000 to $49,999 |
13.0 |
13.0 |
15.4 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
| $100,000 to $499,999 |
6.4 |
5.9 |
4.5 |
| More than $500,000 |
5.3 |
4.5 |
6.3 |
| |
| Tenure of farmers |
| Full owner (farms) |
29,160 |
31,248 |
30,932 |
| Percent of total |
69.2 |
74.1 |
73.7 |
| |
| Part owner (farms) |
9,814 |
8,474 |
8,572 |
| Percent of total |
23.3 |
20.1 |
20.4 |
| |
| Tenant owner (farms) |
3,176 |
2,464 |
2,455 |
| Percent of total |
7.5 |
5.8 |
5.9 |
| |
| Farm organization |
Individuals/family, sole
proprietorship (farms) |
37,524 |
39,035 |
36,353 |
| Percent of total |
89.0 |
92.5 |
86.6 |
| |
Family-held corporations
(farms) |
892 |
608 |
1,248 |
| Percent of total |
2.1 |
1.4 |
3.0 |
| |
| Partnerships (farms) |
3,310 |
2,166 |
3,769 |
| Percent of total |
7.9 |
5.1 |
9.0 |
| |
| Non-family corporations (farms) |
136 |
97 |
219 |
| Percent of total |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
| |
Others - cooperative, estate or
trust, institutional, etc. (farms) |
288 |
280 |
370 |
| Percent of total |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
| |
| Characteristics of principal farm operators |
| Average operator age (years) |
55.3 |
57.2 |
58.6 |
Percent with farming as their
primary occupation |
36.8 |
48.8 |
38.0 |
| Men |
37,542 |
36,945 |
35,829 |
| Women |
4,608 |
5,241 |
6,130 |
| |
More information on farm characteristics
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
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Farm Financial Indicators
| Farm income and value added data |
| |
2007 |
2008 |
| |
| Number of farms |
42,000 |
42,000 |
| |
| |
Thousands $ |
| Final crop output |
1,686,654 |
2,033,456 |
| + Final animal output |
2,706,964 |
2,907,617 |
| + Services and forestry |
775,469 |
803,910 |
| = Final agricultural sector output |
5,169,087 |
5,744,983 |
| |
| - Intermediate consumption outlays |
3,413,554 |
3,637,408 |
| + Net government transactions |
459,142 |
199,813 |
| = Gross value added |
2,214,675 |
2,307,388 |
| |
| - Capital consumption |
399,551 |
422,330 |
| |
| = Net value added |
1,815,124 |
1,885,058 |
| |
| - Factor payments |
587,269 |
586,995 |
| Employee compensation (total hired labor) |
221,323 |
225,535 |
| Net rent received by nonoperator landlords |
122,893 |
127,483 |
| Real estate and nonreal estate interest |
243,053 |
233,977 |
| |
| = Net farm income |
1,227,855 |
1,298,063 |
| |
More information on farm income
• Farm Income Data
• Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Farm balance sheet |
| |
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• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
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Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
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Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2008
|
| |
Value of receipts
thousand $ |
Percent of state total
farm receipts |
Percent of US value |
| 1. Broilers |
2,194,245 |
44.2 |
9.5 |
| 2. Soybeans |
633,094 |
12.7 |
2.2 |
| 3. Corn |
460,291 |
9.3 |
0.9 |
| 4. Cotton |
328,378 |
6.6 |
5.8 |
| 5. Aquaculture |
247,666 |
5.0 |
19.5 |
| |
| All commodities |
4,967,774 |
|
1.5 |
| |
More information on Mississippi's top agriculture commodities
• Leading commodities for cash receipts in a text file
• Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.
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| Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2008 |
| |
Rank among states |
Value
million $ |
| 1. Soybeans and products |
12 |
512.2 |
| 2. Poultry and products |
5 |
353.8 |
| 3. Cotton and linters |
7 |
249.3 |
| 4. Rice |
4 |
149.4 |
| 5. Wheat and products |
27 |
148.5 |
| |
| Overall rank |
23 |
1,654.3 |
| |
More information on agricultural exports
• State Export Data
• Agricultural Trade Briefing Room
• Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.
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| Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007 |
| |
Percent of state total receipts |
Thousands $ |
| 1. Smith County |
4.9 |
238,666 |
| 2. Scott County |
4.7 |
231,571 |
| 3. Neshoba County |
4.7 |
227,042 |
| 4. Leake County |
4.6 |
225,042 |
| 5. Sunflower County |
3.9 |
190,158 |
| |
| State total |
|
4,876,781 |
| |
More information on agricultural sales
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
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Data Sources
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
- Regional Economic Information System, April 2008, Bureau
of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
- 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau
of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
- Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room,
Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States
(FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, USDA.
Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.
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