Sunflower County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 21.6%
(1.7% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 38.2% for Black residents)
Average household size:
| This town: |  2.6 people | | Mississippi: |  2.6 people |
| This town: | 67.5% | | Whole state: | 70.1% |
| This town: | 4.6% | | Whole state: | 4.5% |
- Lesbian couples: 1.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Inverness, MS
Inverness compared to Mississippi state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- House age significantly above state average.
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Banks with branches in Inverness (2011 data):
- Planters Bank & Trust Company: Inverness Branch at 800 East Grand Avenue, branch established on 1904/05/03. Info updated 2008/12/09: Bank assets: $662.1 mil, Deposits: $597.1 mil, headquarters in Indianola, MS, positive income, 15 total offices, Holding Company: Planters Holding Company
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
Religion statistics for Inverness (based on Sunflower County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 28.83%
| Here | | 28.8% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Churches of Christ | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Catholic Church |
|---|
| Adherents | 60.6% | 24.2% | 5.1% | 3.8% | 2.5% |
|---|
| Congregations | 36.0% | 24.0% | 8.0% | 10.0% | 4.0% |
|---|
| Name | Presbyterian Church in America | Episcopal Church | Assemblies of God | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Other |
|---|
| Adherents | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.9% |
|---|
| Congregations | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 4.0% | 8.0% |
|---|
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 10 | Here: | 3.23 / 10,000 pop. | | Mississippi: | 2.08 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 3 | Sunflower County: | 0.97 / 10,000 pop. | | Mississippi: | 0.80 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 22 | This county: | 7.10 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.36 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 5 | Sunflower County: | 1.61 / 10,000 pop. | | Mississippi: | 5.03 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Sunflower County: | 13.2% | | State: | 12.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 25.5% | | Mississippi: | 14.4% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
7 | $24,297 | $41,652 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
3 | $10,748 | $42,992 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
4 | $8,789 | $26,367 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $130 |
| Totals for Government |
14 | $43,834 | $37,572 | 3 | $130 |
Inverness government finances in 2002:
- Charges - All Other: $81,000 ($79.49)
Sewerage: $41,000 ($40.24)
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $156,000 ($153.09)
Financial Administration: $105,000 ($103.04)
Water Utilities: $92,000 ($90.28)
Solid Waste Management: $46,000 ($45.14)
Sewerage: $15,000 ($14.72)
Fire Protection: $12,000 ($11.78)
General - Other: $9,000 ($8.83)
Libraries: $5,000 ($4.91)
Parks & Recreation: $4,000 ($3.93)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Corrections: $2,000 ($1.96)
General: $1,000 ($0.98)
- Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $9,000 ($8.83)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $34,000 ($33.37)
Interest Earnings: $13,000 ($12.76)
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $26,000 ($25.52)
General - Other: $5,000 ($4.91)
Police Protection: $5,000 ($4.91)
Fire Protection: $4,000 ($3.93)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $99,000 ($97.15)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $83,000 ($81.45)
- Tax - Property: $132,000 ($129.54)
NEC: $9,000 ($8.83)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $218,000 ($213.94)
5.34% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($23,924 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.34% | | Mississippi average: | 7.82% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.57% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($23,043 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.57% | | Mississippi average: | 8.35% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Inverness:
- WJNT (1180 AM; 50 kW; PEARL, MS; Owner: BUCHANAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WNLA (1380 AM; 1 kW; INDIANOLA, MS; Owner: SHAMROCK BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WCPC (940 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, MS; Owner: WCPC BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
- WSJC (810 AM; 50 kW; MAGEE, MS; Owner: FAMILY TALK RADIO)
- WXTN (1000 AM; daytime; 5 kW; LEXINGTON, MS; Owner: BRAD MAURICE COTHRAN)
- WELZ (1460 AM; daytime; 1 kW; BELZONI, MS; Owner: ZOO-BEL BROADCASTING, LLC)
- KGHT (880 AM; 50 kW; SHERIDAN, AR; Owner: METROPOLITAN RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WGVM (1260 AM; 2 kW; GREENVILLE, MS; Owner: MID-AMERICA BROADCASTING COMPANY,INC)
- KAAY (1090 AM; 50 kW; LITTLE ROCK, AR; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WGSF (1030 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WDIA (1070 AM; 50 kW; MEMPHIS, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WDDT (900 AM; 1 kW; GREENVILLE, MS; Owner: WILLIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
Strongest FM radio stations in Inverness:
- WMAO-FM (90.9 FM; GREENWOOD, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
- WYMX (99.1 FM; GREENWOOD, MS; Owner: TELESOUTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WTCD (96.9 FM; INDIANOLA, MS; Owner: TELESOUTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WNLA-FM (105.5 FM; INDIANOLA, MS; Owner: SHAMROCK BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WBYP (107.1 FM; BELZONI, MS; Owner: ZOO-BEL BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WIQQ (102.3 FM; LELAND, MS; Owner: THE RIVER BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WGNL (104.3 FM; GREENWOOD, MS; Owner: TEAM BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WDTL-FM (92.9 FM; CLEVELAND, MS; Owner: DELTA RADIO, INC.)
- WRKG (95.3 FM; DREW, MS; Owner: DELTA RADIO, INC.)
- WGNG (106.3 FM; TCHULA, MS; Owner: TEAM BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WVSD (91.7 FM; ITTA BENA, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WDMS (100.7 FM; GREENVILLE, MS; Owner: MID-AMERICA BROADCASTING CO.)
- WGRM-FM (93.9 FM; GREENWOOD, MS; Owner: WILLIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WAGR-FM (102.5 FM; LEXINGTON, MS; Owner: BRAD MAURICE COTHRAN)
- WBAD (94.3 FM; LELAND, MS; Owner: INTERCHANGE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Inverness:
- WABG-TV (Channel 6; GREENWOOD, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WMAO-TV (Channel 23; GREENWOOD, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
- WXVT (Channel 15; GREENVILLE, MS; Owner: SAGA BROADCASTING, LLC)
- K53FB (Channel 53; EL DORADO, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- W33BH (Channel 33; GREENVILLE, MS; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
Inverness fatal accident list:
Aug 13, 2005 07:50 PM, Poindexter, Hwy 49, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Oct 7, 1999 07:55 AM, Us-49w, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Dec 15, 1997 11:30 AM, Us 49, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Apr 1, 1996 04:38 PM, Second St, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
May 8, 1976 09:30 PM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 1
Total length: 0 meters
Total average daily traffic: 400
Total average daily truck traffic: 32
Total future (year 2027) average daily traffic: 600
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 25 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers in Inverness)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 8 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers in Inverness, MS)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 5 - INVERNESS, 5.2 Km Ne (Lat: 33.376222 Lon: -90.542306), Overall height: 323.7 m, Call Sign: KBG29
Assigned Frequencies: 5945.20 MHz
Grant Date: 08/27/2008, Expiration Date: 10/21/2018
Registrant: Schwartz, Woods & Miller, 1233 20th Street, N.W. Suite 610, Washington, DC 20036-7322, Phone: (202) 833-1700, Fax: (202) 833-2351, Email:
- WABG-TV Transmitter, 2.3 Miles Ne (Lat: 33.373056 Lon: -90.540278), Type: Tower, Structure height: 585.3 m, Overall height: 608.2 m, Call Sign: KLU80
Assigned Frequencies: 6925.00 MHz
Grant Date: 05/19/1992, Expiration Date: 06/01/2013
Registrant: Denny & Associates, P.C., 6444 Bock Road, Oxon Hill, MD 20745, Phone: (301) 686-1803, Fax: (301) 686-1820, Email:
- WABG-TV Transmitter, 2.3 Miles Ne (Lat: 33.373056 Lon: -90.540278), Type: Tower, Structure height: 585.3 m, Overall height: 608.2 m, Call Sign: KLU82
Assigned Frequencies: 6975.00 MHz
Grant Date: 05/19/1992, Expiration Date: 06/01/2013
Registrant: Denny & Associates, P.C., 6444 Bock Road, Oxon Hill, MD 20745, Phone: (301) 686-1803, Fax: (301) 686-1820, Email:
- 2.3 Miles Ne Of (Lat: 33.539833 Lon: -90.542028), Structure height: 30.5 m, Overall height: 609.6 m, Call Sign: KLW29, Licensee ID: L00271072
Assigned Frequencies: 6975.00 MHz
Grant Date: 05/19/1992, Expiration Date: 06/01/2005, Cancellation Date: 10/15/2003
Registrant: Mississippi Broadcasting Partners, 2001 Garrard Ave., Greenwood, MS 38930 - 2.3 Miles Ne Of (Lat: 33.373167 Lon: -90.542028), Structure height: 345.6 m, Overall height: 609.6 m, Call Sign: WIL60, Licensee ID: L00271072
Assigned Frequencies: 7025.00 MHz
Grant Date: 05/19/1992, Expiration Date: 06/01/2005, Cancellation Date: 10/15/2003
Registrant: Mississippi Broadcasting Partners, 2001 Garrard Ave., Greenwood, MS 38930
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 4 - Call Sign: K5ZK, Previous Call Sign: AA5MH, Licensee ID: L00894284
Grant Date: 09/27/2006, Expiration Date: 11/26/2016
Registrant: Charles E Bibb, Inverness, MS 38753 - Call Sign: KB5VNI, Licensee ID: L00543405
Grant Date: 07/09/2002, Expiration Date: 10/06/2012, Certifier: Ben A Killebrew
Registrant: Ben A Killebrew, 602 Lamar Ave, Inverness, MS 38753 - Call Sign: KE5MLO, Licensee ID: L01244394
Grant Date: 02/09/2007, Expiration Date: 02/09/2017, Cancellation Date: 03/02/2007, Certifier: Waldemar L Prichard
Registrant: Waldemar L Prichard, 739 Three Mile Lake Rd, Inverness, MS 38753 - Call Sign: K5WLP, Previous Call Sign: KE5MLO, Licensee ID: L01244394
Grant Date: 03/02/2007, Expiration Date: 03/02/2017, Certifier: Waldemar L Prichard
Registrant: Waldemar L Prichard, 739 Three Mile Lake Rd, Inverness, MS 38753
FAA Registered Aircraft: 17 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft in Inverness)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Incident types - Inverness
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Inverness, MS
| Most common first names in Inverness, MS among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| John | 23 | 77.3 years |
| James | 23 | 70.3 years |
| Mary | 19 | 78.4 years |
| Willie | 19 | 74.5 years |
| Robert | 19 | 70.4 years |
| William | 16 | 78.9 years |
| George | 13 | 77.9 years |
| Joe | 11 | 74.5 years |
| Annie | 10 | 78.1 years |
| Henry | 8 | 74.7 years |
| Most common last names in Inverness, MS among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| Anderson | 15 | 69.8 years |
| Williams | 15 | 71.7 years |
| Smith | 14 | 73.7 years |
| King | 14 | 79.0 years |
| Johnson | 13 | 72.4 years |
| Jones | 12 | 73.0 years |
| Walker | 10 | 74.7 years |
| Baird | 8 | 81.7 years |
| Bell | 8 | 73.6 years |
| Wilson | 8 | 64.9 years |
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