Wesson, Mississippi

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Population in July 2008: 1,673. Population change since 2000: -1.2%

Males: 813	(48.6%)
Females: 860	(51.4%)

Median resident age:	21.4 years
Mississippi median age:	33.8 years

Zip codes: 39191.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $39,845 (it was $33,021 in 2000)

Wesson:	$39,845
Mississippi:	$36,338

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $14,247

Wesson:	$14,247
Mississippi:	$19,365

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $82,547 (it was $55,000 in 2000)

Wesson:	$82,547
Mississippi:	$96,000

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $106,430; Detached houses: $127,704; Townhouses or other attached units: $56,880; Mobile homes: $27,233; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $5,000
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Races in Wesson:

White Non-Hispanic (77.4%)
Black (19.7%)
Hispanic (1.8%)
Other race (1.4%)
Two or more races (0.8%)
American Indian (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Wesson: 79.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (12.2%), English (5.8%), Irish (5.7%), German (4.4%), Scotch-Irish (3.6%), Scottish (1.3%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 461 feet

Land area: 2.30 square miles.

Population density: 727 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Wesson

High school or higher: 79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 9.8%
Unemployed: 41.1%
Mean travel time to work: 26.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Wesson town

Never married: 39.7%
Now married: 47.0%
Separated: 1.1%
Widowed: 5.5%
Divorced: 6.7%

20 residents are foreign born

This town:	1.2%
Mississippi:	1.4%

According to our research there were 11 registered sex offenders living in Wesson, Mississippi in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Wesson to the number of sex offenders is 152 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Wesson:	0.6% ($350)
Mississippi:	0.7% ($425)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Jackson, MS (44.4 miles , pop. 184,256).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Baton Rouge, LA (96.5 miles , pop. 227,818).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (325.2 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Beauregard, MS (1.3 miles ), Brookhaven, MS (2.9 miles ), Hazlehurst, MS (3.4 miles ), Georgetown, MS (4.3 miles ), Monticello, MS (4.4 miles ), Crystal Springs, MS (4.5 miles ), Silver Creek, MS (4.9 miles ), New Hebron, MS (5.0 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2008: 0 buildings

Latitude: 31.70 N, Longitude: 90.40 W

Area code: 601

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Population change in the 1990s: +126 (+8.0%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Educational services (13%)
Construction (12%)
Social assistance (10%)
Public administration (7%)
Wood products (5%)
Transportation equipment (4%)
Mining (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (24%)
Educational services (18%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Plastics and rubber products (5%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (14%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
Postsecondary teachers (6%)
Cashiers (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Postsecondary teachers (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
Cashiers (4%)
Waiters and waitresses (4%)

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Average climate in Wesson, Mississippi

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Wesson-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Mississippi state average. It is 222% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/29/1976, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 15.9 miles away from the Wesson town center injured 8 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 3/3/1966, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 34.4 miles away from the town center killed 58 people and injured 518 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

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Hospitals/medical centers near Wesson:

KING'S DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER (about 10 miles; BROOKHAVEN, MS)
HARDY WILSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; HAZLEHURST, MS)
LAWRENCE COUNTY HOSPITAL CAH (about 20 miles; MONTICELLO, MS)

Political contributions by individuals in Wesson, MS

Amtrak stations near Wesson:

9 miles: BROOKHAVEN (RAILROAD AVE.). Services: partially wheelchair accessible, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
12 miles: HAZELHURST (N. RAGSDALE ST.). Services: fully wheelchair accessible, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking.

College/University in Wesson:

COPIAH-LINCOLN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 1,690; Location: 1001 Copiah Lincoln Lane; Public; Website: www.colin.cc.ms.us)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Wesson:

HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 35 miles; RAYMOND, MS; Full-time enrollment: 10,057)
ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; ALCORN STATE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,594)
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (about 43 miles; CLINTON, MS; FT enrollment: 2,904)
JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; JACKSON, MS; FT enrollment: 5,955)
JONES COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 71 miles; ELLISVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 4,072)
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (about 75 miles; HATTIESBURG, MS; FT enrollment: 12,541)
PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 82 miles; POPLARVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,433)

Public high school in Wesson:

WESSON ATTENDANCE CENTER (Location: 1048 GROVE STREET; Grades: KG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 )

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Church in Wesson: Saint Paul Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Courts: Lincoln County - Justice Court (224 South 1st), Lincoln County - Human Services Department- Youth Court Counselor (300 South 2nd Street).

Average household size:

This town:	2.7 people
Mississippi:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	74.4%
Whole state:	71.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	4.4%
Whole state:	4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	15.1%
Whole state:	19.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	8.1%
Whole state:	9.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Wesson, MS

524 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
17 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Wesson compared to Mississippi state average:

Wesson, Mississippi environmental map by EPA

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Median house value below state average.
Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
Black race population percentage above state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in above state average.
House age significantly above state average.
Number of college students significantly above state average.

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Banks with branches in Wesson (2009 data):

Copiah Bank, National Association: Wesson Branch at Highway 51 And Church Street, branch established on 1981-05-26. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $131.7 mil, Deposits: $117.3 mil, headquarters in Hazlehurst, MS, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 6 total offices, Holding Company: Copiah Bancshares, Inc.
Trustmark National Bank: Tnb Wesson Branch at 516 Spring Street, branch established on 1893-01-01. Info updated 2006-10-17: Bank assets: $9,657.3 mil, Deposits: $6,680.5 mil, headquarters in Jackson, MS, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 171 total offices, Holding Company: Trustmark Corporation

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (56%) Electricity (36%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%) Wood (1%)

Religion statistics for Wesson

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	International Pentecostal Holiness Church	Presbyterian Church in America
Adherents	70.7%	18.7%	2.5%	2.4%	1.9%
Congregations	39.0%	33.8%	2.6%	1.3%	3.9%

Name	Catholic Church	Seventh-Day Adventist Church	Churches of Christ	Church of the Nazarene	Other religions
Adherents	1.2%	0.9%	0.6%	0.4%	0.8%
Congregations	2.6%	1.3%	3.9%	2.6%	9.1%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
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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
Judicial and Legal	0	$0		1	$837
Police Protection - Officers	1	$2,032	$24,384	9	$6,879
Streets and Highways	0	$0		1	$379
Water Supply	3	$3,671	$14,684	0	$0
Totals for Government	4	$5,703	$17,109	11	$8,095

5.74% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,556 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.74%
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:

from Hinds County, MS	1.30% ($35,400 average AGI)
from Rankin County, MS	0.55% ($30,415)
from Orleans Parish, LA	0.46% ($19,864)

5.25% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,302 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.25%
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:

to Hinds County, MS	1.37% ($33,735 average AGI)
to Lincoln County, MS	0.64% ($26,770)
to Rankin County, MS	0.57% ($35,564)

Strongest AM radio stations in Wesson:

WSJC (810 AM; 50 kW; MAGEE, MS; Owner: FAMILY TALK RADIO)
WJNT (1180 AM; 50 kW; PEARL, MS; Owner: BUCHANAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WOMN (1110 AM; daytime; 30 kW; FRANKLINTON, LA; Owner: PITTMAN BROADCASTING SERVICES, LLC.)
WCHJ (1470 AM; 1 kW; BROOKHAVEN, MS; Owner: TILLMAN BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
WHNY (1250 AM; 5 kW; MCCOMB, MS; Owner: C.W.H. BROADCASTING INC.)
WAPF (980 AM; 5 kW; MCCOMB, MS; Owner: SAN-DOW BROADCASTING, INC.)
WWL (870 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
WTWZ (1120 AM; daytime; 8 kW; CLINTON, MS; Owner: WOOD BROADCASTING CO.)
WWDF (720 AM; daytime; 5 kW; RICHLAND, MS; Owner: WILLIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WJDX (620 AM; 5 kW; JACKSON, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WLNO (1060 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: COMMUNICOM CO. OF LOUISIANA, L.P.)
WMLC (1270 AM; 1 kW; MONTICELLO, MS; Owner: D AND D BROADCASTING)
WIIN (780 AM; daytime; 5 kW; RIDGELAND, MS; Owner: NEW SOUTH RADIO, INC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Wesson:

WCLL-FM (90.7 FM; WESSON, MS; Owner: COPIAH-LINCOLN JUNIOR COLLEGE)
WAKH (105.7 FM; MCCOMB, MS; Owner: SAN-DOW BROADCASTING, INC.)
WBKN (92.1 FM; BROOKHAVEN, MS; Owner: OLE BROOK BROADCASTING, INC.)
WSTZ-FM (106.7 FM; VICKSBURG, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WMSI-FM (102.9 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WRQO (102.1 FM; MONTICELLO, MS; Owner: THE O'NEAL BROADCASTING CORP.)
WMPN-FM (91.3 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
WUSJ (96.3 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: NEW SOUTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WDBT (95.5 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WJKK (98.7 FM; VICKSBURG, MS; Owner: NEW SOUTH RADIO, INC.)
WMAU-FM (88.9 FM; BUDE, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
WDXO (92.9 FM; HAZLEHURST, MS; Owner: THE O'NEAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WJXN-FM (100.9 FM; UTICA, MS; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WTYX (94.7 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: BACKYARD BROADCASTING MISSISSIPPI, LLC)
WQNZ (95.1 FM; NATCHEZ, MS; Owner: FIRST NATCHEZ CORPORATION)
WJMI (99.7 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF MISSISSIPPI, L.L.C.)
WMJU (104.3 FM; BUDE, MS; Owner: OLE BROOK BROADCASTING, INC.)
W215AP (90.9 FM; BROOKHAVEN, MS; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
WCJU-FM (104.9 FM; PRENTISS, MS; Owner: SUNBELT BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

TV broadcast stations around Wesson:

WLBT (Channel 3; JACKSON, MS; Owner: CIVCO, INC.)
WNTZ (Channel 48; NATCHEZ, MS; Owner: WHITE KNIGHT BROADCASTING OF NATCHEZ LICENSE CORP.)
WMPN-TV (Channel 29; JACKSON, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
WDBD (Channel 40; JACKSON, MS; Owner: WDBD LICENSE CORP.)
WJTV (Channel 12; JACKSON, MS; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WMAU-TV (Channel 17; BUDE, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
WJKO-LP (Channel 64; JACKSON, MS; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
WAPT (Channel 16; JACKSON, MS; Owner: WAPT HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC. (CA CORP.))
WJMF-LP (Channel 53; JACKSON, MS; Owner: EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WJXF-LP (Channel 49; JACKSON, MS; Owner: EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WBXK-CA (Channel 8; JACKSON, ETC., MS; Owner: THE BOX WORLDWIDE LLC)
W36AC (Channel 36; MCCOMB, MS; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

Wesson fatal accident list:
Dec 28, 1997 12:28 AM, Us 51, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Dec 8, 1991 12:00 AM, 51, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1

National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 3
Total length: 7 meters (23ft)
Total costs: $80,000
Total average daily traffic: 2,600
Total average daily truck traffic: 200
Total future (year 2026) average daily traffic: 3,900

FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Wesson)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 7 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2

City Hall Main St, Call Sign: KNFQ716, Licensee ID: L00066880
Assigned Frequencies : 154.040 MHz
Grant Date: 04/01/1997, Expiration Date: 05/13/2002, Cancelation Date: 09/15/2002
Registrant: City Of Wesson, Wesson, MS 39191
Main St At Factory Ave, Call Sign: WQK937
Assigned Frequencies : 45.2200 MHz, 45.4600 MHz
Grant Date: 05/27/2005, Expiration Date: 06/06/2015
Registrant: Business Radio Licensing, 26941 Cabot Road #134, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, Phone: (949) 348-8510

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 18 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Wesson)

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 11 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Wesson)

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 107
Hazardous Condition: 5
Service Call: 6
Good Intent Call: 4

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