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Perry County, Mississippi

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Population:

  • Total Population: 12,138
  • Males: 6,014
  • Females: 6,124

Ethnicity:

  • White: 9,219
  • Black/African American: 2,726
  • Hispanic: 81
  • Native American/Eskimo: 35
  • Asian: 56
  • Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 12
  • Other: 0
  • 2 or more: 9

Top 5 Languages spoken at home:

  1. English only (10,970)
  2. Spanish (115)
  3. French (25)

Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants

Total Reported: 55

  1. Germany (20)
  2. Vietnam (14)
  3. Other Caribbean (8)
  4. Thailand (6)
  5. Japan (4)
  6. China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2)
  7. Philippines (1)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

  1. Southern Baptist Convention (4,998)
  2. Baptist Missionary Association of America (692)
  3. United Methodist Church, The (654)
  4. National Association of Free Will Baptists (501)
  5. Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) (281)

Migrant Health Clinics

    Disabilities:

    • Total Reported: 6,357
    • Sensory: 825
    • Physical: 1,567
    • Mental: 1,022
    • Self-care: 515
    • Go outside home: 1,200
    • Employment: 1,312

    Grandparents as caregivers

    Grandparents as caregivers: 308

    Heating fuel:

    • Total Reported: 4,420
    • Utility gas: 434
    • Bottled or LP gas: 1,314
    • Electricity: 2,345
    • Fuel oil, kerosene: 4
    • Coal or Coke: 0
    • Wood: 264
    • Solar Energy: 0
    • Other fuel: 8
    • No fuel used: 51

    Vehicles available:

    • Total Reported: 7,917
    • No vehicle: 650
    • 1 or more vehicle: 7,267

    Education Attainment:

    • No School: 149
    • No High School: 554
    • Some High School: 1,366
    • High School: 2,823
    • Some College: 1,528
    • Associate's Degree: 411
    • College Degree: 382
    • Master's Degree: 144
    • Professional Degree: 28
    • Doctoral Degree: 15

    Household Phones:

    • Households Reporting: 4,420
    • Owners with phone: 3,343
    • Owners without phone: 395
    • Renters with phone: 517
    • Renters without phone: 165

    10 closest counties:

    1. Forrest County, Mississippi
    2. Greene County, Mississippi
    3. Stone County, Mississippi
    4. Jones County, Mississippi
    5. Lamar County, Mississippi
    6. George County, Mississippi
    7. Wayne County, Mississippi
    8. Covington County, Mississippi
    9. Pearl River County, Mississippi
    10. Harrison County, Mississippi

    Data Detail

    Zip Codes in county:

    39423, 39462, 39464, 39476

    • Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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