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People QuickFacts |
Vicksburg |
Mississippi |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
25,740 | 2,910,540 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-2.5% | 2.3% |
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Population, 2000 |
26,407 | 2,844,658 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.9% | 7.2% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
28.4% | 27.3% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
14.8% | 12.1% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
54.7% | 51.7% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
37.8% | 61.4% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
60.4% | 36.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.6% | 0.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.0% | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
0.6% | 0.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
1.0% | 1.4% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
55.7% | 58.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
1.6% | 1.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
3.3% | 3.6% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
73.6% | 72.9% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
19.1% | 16.9% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
18.5 | 24.6 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
11,654 | 1,161,953 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
56.4% | 72.3% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$65,100 | $71,400 |
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Households, 2000 |
10,364 | 1,046,434 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.49 | 2.63 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$28,466 | $31,330 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$16,174 | $15,853 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
23.0% | 19.9% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Vicksburg |
Mississippi |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 19,215,751 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
440,166 | 25,017,531 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$16,980 | $8,728 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
260,511 | 5,486,105 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
1,955 | 187,602 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
11.4% | 13.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 1.6% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.1% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
33.5% | 25.1% |
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