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2015-2019 American Community Survey Yazoo County Mississippi
Total population 28,565 2,984,418
Male population 16,638 1,447,873
Female population 11,927 1,536,545
Median age 36.1 37.5
Age dependency ratio  53.9 64.9
Citizen voting age population 22,201 2,270,925
Male voting age population 13,123 1,083,374
Female voting age population 9,078 1,187,551
Median household income (2019 inflation-adjusted dollars)  $33,279 $45,081
Labor force participation rate (population 16 and older)  45.4% 57.2%
Percentage of households with own children under 18, female householder, no spouse present  13.3% 9.0%
Median earnings in the past 12 months (2019 inflation-adjusted dollars) for the population 25 years and over by educational attainment
Less than high school graduate $20,116 $21,933
High school graduate (includes equivalency) $20,582 $27,454
Some college or associate's degree $28,168 $31,773
Bachelor's degree $31,159 $43,511
Graduate or professional degree $54,079 $55,505
Educational attainment of the population 25 years and older
Less than 9th grade  7.6% 5.1%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma  13.5% 10.4%
High school graduate (includes equivalency)  38.6% 30.4%
Some college, no degree  20.3% 22.3%
Associate's degree  6.6% 9.8%
Bachelor's degree  9.5% 13.7%
Graduate or professional degree  3.9% 8.4%
High school graduate or higher  78.9% 84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher  13.4% 22.0%
Poverty status in the past 12 months
Population for whom poverty status is determined  23,575 2,886,767
Percent of population below poverty level  31.8% 20.3%
By age:
Under 18 46.8% 28.7%
18-64 28.4% 18.8%
65 and over 18.8% 12.8%
By sex:
Male 28.1% 18.2%
Female 35.6% 22.3%
By educational attainment:
Less than high school graduate 42.6% 31.9%
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 28.2% 19.5%
Some college or associate's degree 16.2% 13.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher 11.7% 5.3%

Census Bureau Yazoo County Mississippi
2019 Population Estimates  29,690 2,976,149
2010 Census
Population  28,065 2,967,297
Population per square mile  30.4 63.0

Bureau of Economic Analysis 2019 Annual Data Yazoo County Mississippi
Per capita income  $27,666 $38,914
Personal income (thousands of dollars) $821,412 $115,814,213
Personal current transfer receipts (thousands of dollars) $276,055 $30,682,815
Share of total personal income from transfer receipts  33.6% 26.5%
Personal current transfer receipts: county as a percent of the state 0.9% 100.0%
Manufacturing as a percentage of total employment  6.87% 9.45%

Bureau of Labor Statistics 2020 Annual Data Yazoo County Mississippi
Labor force 9,877 1,259,347
Employment 8,917 1,157,546
Unemployment 960 101,801
Unemployment rate 9.7% 8.1%

Mississippi Department of Health, 2017 Yazoo County Mississippi
Number of births to unwed mothers 225 20,009
Percent of births to unwed mothers  71.9% 53.5%

Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure, 2017 Yazoo County Mississippi
Physicians by county  11 6,245

Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners Yazoo County Mississippi
Active dentists by county, 2016  14 1,385
By sex:
Male 10 1,021
Female 4 364

County Business Patterns, 2019 Yazoo County Mississippi
Total number of establishments 365 59,130
Annual payroll ($1,000) $144,517 $37,730,520
By employment-size class:
1 to 4 employees 206 29,543
5 to 9 employees 74 12,574
10 to 19 employees 41 8,205
20 to 49 employees 26 5,724
50 to 99 employees 11 1,776
100 to 249 employees 6 875
250 to 499 employees N/A 274
500 to 999 employees N/A 102
1000+ employees N/A 57
By (2012) NAICS code:
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11) 6 642
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (21) N/A 308
Utilities (22) 5 582
Construction (23) 21 3,865
MFG (31-33) 11 2,072
Wholesale trade (42) 23 2,652
Retail trade (44-45) 77 11,324
Transportation and warehousing (48-49) 19 2,200
Information (51) 9 1,048
Finance and insurance (52) 29 4,620
Real estate and rental and leasing (53) 15 2,433
Professional, scientific, and technical services (54) 21 4,648
Management of companies and enterprises (55) N/A 319
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (56) 7 2,383
Educational services (61) 3 580
Health care and social assistance (62) 38 6,506
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (71) 4 692
Accommodation and food services (72) 31 5,744
Other services (except public administration) (81) 43 6,404
Industries not classified (99) N/A 108

University Research Center Yazoo County Mississippi
Retail sales pull factor by county, 2017  0.63 N/A

The University Research Center (URC) conducts applied unbiased research on a variety of state and local issues including revenue estimation, economic impact analysis, socio-economic policy analysis, tax analysis, and economic forecasting for the State of Mississippi. Clients include both public and private entities. URC routinely works closely with both the Legislative and Executive branches of state government. State Economist Dr. Darrin Webb is the current Director of the University Research Center. URC is a division of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning.

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