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Notable locations in Yazoo City: Yazoo Landing (A), Yazoo City Fire Department Station 1 Headquarters (B), Yazoo City Fire Department Station 3 (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Centers: Northwest Shopping Center (1), Yazooville Shopping Center (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Yazoo City include: New Zion Church (A), Saint Marys Catholic Church (B), Saint Johns Church (C), Trinity Episcopal Church (D), West Calvary Baptist Church (E), Holly Green Church (F), Antioch Missionary Baptist Church (G), Beulah Land Baptist Church (H), Calvary Baptist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attractions: Oakes African American Culture Center (Museums; 312 South Monroe Street), Yazoo Novelty CO (Amusement & Theme Parks; 615 South Industrial Parkway), Yazoo County Convention & Visitors Bureau (332 North Main Street).
Hotels: Comfort Inn Yazoo City (1600 Jerry Clower Boulevard), Days Inn (1801 Jerry Clower Boulevard), Best Western (286 Wyeth Lane), Relax Inn (810 East Fifteenth Street), Yazoo City-Daystop (1801 Jerry Clower Blvd).
Courts: Yazoo County - Justice Court Clerk (211 East Broadway Street), Yazoo County - Probation & Aftercare Worker (Courthouse).
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Yazoo County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Yazoo City and their reported violations in the past:
CITY OF YAZOO CITY (Population served: 14550, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2005, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (AUG-11-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-11-2005), St Public Notif received (SEP-14-2005)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUN-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUN-23-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUN-23-2004), St Public Notif received (JUL-22-2004)
CENTRAL YAZOO #1 FLETCHERS CH. (Population served: 2871, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One minor monitoring violation
CENTRAL YAZOO W/A #5 (Population served: 2802, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
- 2 minor monitoring violations
CENTRAL YAZOO #3 MECHANICSBRG (Population served: 2233, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 3 routine major monitoring violations
CENTRAL YAZOO #4-BENTON (Population served: 1309, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
LAKE CITY WATER ASSN-EAST (Population served: 1176, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between AUG-12-2002 and SEP-12-2002, Contaminant: Coliform
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JAN-08-1997 and FEB-08-1997, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-08-1997), St Public Notif received (JAN-27-1997)
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2003 and JUL-09-2003, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-09-2003)
LAKE CITY WATER ASSN-WEST (Population served: 1124, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2005 and SEP-21-2005, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (SEP-21-2005)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2003 and JUL-09-2003, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-09-2003)
HILTON HEIGHTS WATER ASSN #2 (Population served: 798, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Notification, Public - In FEB-2001, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- One routine major monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Yazoo City that have no violations reported:
- MISS HIGHWAY DEPT (Population served: 30, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 45.8%
(7.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 51.4% for Black residents, 54.5% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 100.0% for American Indian residents, 71.9% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.8 people | | Mississippi: |  2.6 people |
| This city: | 67.5% | | Whole state: | 70.1% |
| This city: | 5.8% | | Whole state: | 4.5% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Yazoo City, MS
People in group quarters in Yazoo City:
- 1,952 people in federal prisons and detention centers
- 187 people in nursing homes
- 75 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 71 people in state prisons
- 39 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 39 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 39 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 11 people in homes for the mentally ill
Yazoo City compared to Mississippi state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above 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.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
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Banks with branches in Yazoo City (2011 data):
- Bank of Yazoo City: Bank Of Yazoo City, Lintonia Branch, Highway 49 Branch. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $200.6 mil, Deposits: $178.6 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 7 total offices, Holding Company: Yazoo Capital Corporation
- BankPlus: Fifteenth Street Branch, Jerry Clower Boulevard, Yazoo City Branch. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $2,177.0 mil, Deposits: $1,696.4 mil, headquarters in Belzoni, MS, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 62 total offices, Holding Company: Bancplus Corporation
- Regions Bank: Yazoo City Main Branch at 105 North Main Street, branch established on 1904/01/01. Info updated 2011/02/24: Bank assets: $123,368.2 mil, Deposits: $98,301.3 mil, headquarters in Birmingham, AL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1778 total offices, Holding Company: Regions Financial Corporation
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Yazoo City, Mississippi:
- Yazoo Motel - Yazoo City, Hwy 49 And 16, Yazoo City, MS 39194
 , Phone: (662) 746-2161
- Best Western - Gateway Inn, 286 Wyeth Dr, Yazoo City, MS 39194 , Phone: (662) 716-0930, Fax: (662) 716-0931
- Comfort Inn, 1600 Jerry Clower Blvd, Yazoo City, MS 39194 , Phone: (662) 746-6444, Fax: (662) 746-6448
- Best Western - Gateway Inn, 286 Wyeth Ln, Yazoo City, MS 39194 , Phone: (662) 716-0930, Fax: (662) 716-0931
All 4 fire-safe hotels and motels in Yazoo City, Mississippi
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
Religion statistics for Yazoo City (based on Yazoo County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 48.17%
| Here | | 48.2% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Catholic Church | American Baptist Association | Baptist Missionary Association of America |
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| Adherents | 54.8% | 21.5% | 4.6% | 4.1% | 4.0% |
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| Congregations | 40.6% | 26.6% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 4.7% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church in America | Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | Seventh-Day Adventist Church | Episcopal Church | Other |
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| Adherents | 3.5% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.3% | 3.0% |
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| Congregations | 3.1% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 14.1% |
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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: 7 | Here: | 2.44 / 10,000 pop. | | Mississippi: | 2.08 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | Yazoo County: | 0.35 / 10,000 pop. | | Mississippi: | 0.80 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 17 | This county: | 5.92 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.36 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 9 | Yazoo County: | 3.14 / 10,000 pop. | | Mississippi: | 5.03 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Yazoo County: | 12.7% | | State: | 12.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 10.3% | | 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 |
| Financial Administration |
2 | $8,925 | $53,550 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
8 | $15,725 | $23,588 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 7 | $10,299 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
25 | $63,864 | $30,655 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
10 | $19,968 | $23,962 | 11 | $6,837 |
| Firefighters |
27 | $68,000 | $30,222 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
24 | $41,650 | $20,825 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
1 | $1,955 | $23,460 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
11 | $45,777 | $49,939 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
2 | $8,186 | $49,116 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
13 | $46,086 | $42,541 | 0 | $0 |
| Electric Power |
27 | $97,979 | $43,546 | 2 | $1,712 |
| Other and Unallocable |
6 | $15,403 | $30,806 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
156 | $433,518 | $33,348 | 20 | $18,848 |
Yazoo City government finances in 2006 (per resident):
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $252,000 ($22.14)
- Charges - Sewerage: $1,346,000 ($118.25)
Solid Waste Management: $656,000 ($57.63)
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities: $51,000 ($4.48)
Parks and Recreation: $4,000 ($0.35)
- Construction - Electric Utilities: $256,000 ($22.49)
Housing and Community Development: $145,000 ($12.74)
Regular Highways: $120,000 ($10.54)
Water Utilities: $115,000 ($10.10)
Sewerage: $113,000 ($9.93)
- Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $8,374,000 ($735.66)
Police Protection: $1,759,000 ($154.53)
Water Utilities: $1,262,000 ($110.87)
Central Staff Services: $1,108,000 ($97.34)
Local Fire Protection: $1,090,000 ($95.76)
Sewerage: $793,000 ($69.67)
Regular Highways: $369,000 ($32.42)
Solid Waste Management: $369,000 ($32.42)
Parks and Recreation: $201,000 ($17.66)
General - Other: $189,000 ($16.60)
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, NEC: $111,000 ($9.75)
Judicial and Legal Services: $82,000 ($7.20)
Libraries: $50,000 ($4.39)
General Public Buildings: $17,000 ($1.49)
- Electric Utilities - Interest on Debt: $158,000 ($13.88)
- General - Interest on Debt: $136,000 ($11.95)
- Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $231,000 ($20.29)
All Other: $60,000 ($5.27)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $575,000 ($50.51)
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $222,000 ($19.50)
Interest Earnings: $83,000 ($7.29)
General Revenue, NEC: $70,000 ($6.15)
Rents: $17,000 ($1.49)
- NEW for 2005 - Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $5,825,000 ($511.73)
Long Term Debt Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $5,250,000 ($461.21)
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $378,000 ($33.21)
Water Utilities: $280,000 ($24.60)
Electric Utilities: $227,000 ($19.94)
Sewerage: $51,000 ($4.48)
Local Fire Protection: $42,000 ($3.69)
Parks and Recreation: $40,000 ($3.51)
General - Other: $20,000 ($1.76)
Central Staff Services: $19,000 ($1.67)
Regular Highways: $9,000 ($0.79)
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $6,514,000 ($572.26)
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $9,185,000 ($806.91)
Water Utilities: $2,059,000 ($180.88)
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $269,000 ($23.63)
End of Fiscal Year: $247,000 ($21.70)
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,951,000 ($171.40)
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,908,000 ($167.62)
Highways: $378,000 ($33.21)
Housing and Community Development: $145,000 ($12.74)
All Other: $69,000 ($6.06)
- Tax - Property: $2,582,000 ($226.83)
Public Utilities Sales: $144,000 ($12.65)
Other License: $22,000 ($1.93)
Occupation and Business License, NEC: $7,000 ($0.61)
- Total Salaries and Wages: $5,654,000 ($496.71)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $16,000 ($1.41)
4.70% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,124 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.70% | | 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:
5.20% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,722 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.20% | | 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 Yazoo City:
- WJNT (1180 AM; 50 kW; PEARL, MS; Owner: BUCHANAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WSJC (810 AM; 50 kW; MAGEE, MS; Owner: FAMILY TALK RADIO)
- WXTN (1000 AM; daytime; 5 kW; LEXINGTON, MS; Owner: BRAD MAURICE COTHRAN)
- WJDX (620 AM; 5 kW; JACKSON, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WIIN (780 AM; daytime; 5 kW; RIDGELAND, MS; Owner: NEW SOUTH RADIO, INC)
- WTWZ (1120 AM; daytime; 8 kW; CLINTON, MS; Owner: WOOD BROADCASTING CO.)
- WCPC (940 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, MS; Owner: WCPC BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WSLI (930 AM; 5 kW; JACKSON, MS; Owner: SPORTSRAD, INC.)
- WWDF (720 AM; daytime; 5 kW; RICHLAND, MS; Owner: WILLIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
- WOAD (1300 AM; 5 kW; JACKSON, MS; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF MISSISSIPPI, L.L.C.)
- WQST (850 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FOREST, MS; Owner: ACE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WZRX (1590 AM; 5 kW; JACKSON, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
Strongest FM radio stations in Yazoo City:
- WJNS-FM (92.1 FM; YAZOO CITY, MS; Owner: WILLIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WYAB (93.1 FM; YAZOO CITY, MS; Owner: SSR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WYJS (105.9 FM; PICKENS, MS; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF MISSISSIPPI, LLC)
- WDBT (95.5 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WMSI-FM (102.9 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WSTZ-FM (106.7 FM; VICKSBURG, MS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBYP (107.1 FM; BELZONI, MS; Owner: ZOO-BEL BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WMPN-FM (91.3 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
- WUSJ (96.3 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: NEW SOUTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WFMN (97.3 FM; FLORA, MS; Owner: WFMN RADIO, INC.)
- WTYX (94.7 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: BACKYARD BROADCASTING MISSISSIPPI, LLC)
- WJKK (98.7 FM; VICKSBURG, MS; Owner: NEW SOUTH RADIO, INC.)
- WJMI (99.7 FM; JACKSON, MS; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF MISSISSIPPI, L.L.C.)
- WMAO-FM (90.9 FM; GREENWOOD, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
- WAGR-FM (102.5 FM; LEXINGTON, MS; Owner: BRAD MAURICE COTHRAN)
TV broadcast stations around Yazoo City:
- WLBT (Channel 3; JACKSON, MS; Owner: CIVCO, INC.)
- WABG-TV (Channel 6; GREENWOOD, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WDBD (Channel 40; JACKSON, MS; Owner: WDBD LICENSE CORP.)
- WMPN-TV (Channel 29; JACKSON, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
- WJTV (Channel 12; JACKSON, MS; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WMAO-TV (Channel 23; GREENWOOD, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
- WJKO-LP (Channel 64; JACKSON, MS; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
- WJMF-LP (Channel 53; JACKSON, MS; Owner: EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WJXF-LP (Channel 49; JACKSON, MS; Owner: EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WAPT (Channel 16; JACKSON, MS; Owner: WAPT HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC. (CA CORP.))
- WBXK-CA (Channel 8; JACKSON, ETC., MS; Owner: THE BOX WORLDWIDE LLC)
- W46CW (Channel 46; JACKSON/BRANDON, MS; Owner: MISSISSIPPI TELEVISION, LLC)
Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)
See more detailed statistics of Yazoo City fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 21
Total length: 589 meters (1,932ft)
Total costs: $429,000
Total average daily traffic: 76,820
Total average daily truck traffic: 6,267
New bridges - Historical Statistics
- 1940-1949: 1
- 1950-1959: 0
- 1960-1969: 9
- 1970-1979: 1
- 1980-1989: 4
- 1990-1999: 0
- 2000-2010: 6
See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Yazoo City, MS
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Incident types - Yazoo City
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Yazoo City, MS
| Most common first names in Yazoo City, MS among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Mary | 241 | 78.4 years |
| James | 193 | 71.8 years |
| Willie | 163 | 72.2 years |
| John | 137 | 71.9 years |
| William | 133 | 73.7 years |
| Robert | 127 | 70.2 years |
| Annie | 96 | 80.1 years |
| George | 74 | 73.7 years |
| Henry | 68 | 73.2 years |
| Joe | 53 | 75.7 years |
| Most common last names in Yazoo City, MS among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Williams | 146 | 74.1 years |
| Jones | 144 | 75.1 years |
| Johnson | 133 | 76.4 years |
| Smith | 114 | 75.3 years |
| Brown | 93 | 72.8 years |
| Harris | 76 | 74.7 years |
| Thomas | 65 | 72.6 years |
| Moore | 63 | 76.8 years |
| Davis | 62 | 77.6 years |
| Washington | 58 | 76.4 years |
| Businesses in Yazoo City, MS |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| Ace Hardware | 1 | | KFC | 1 |
| AutoZone | 1 | | McDonald's | 1 |
| Best Western | 1 | | Nike | 2 |
| Blockbuster | 1 | | Payless | 1 |
| Burger King | 1 | | Pizza Hut | 1 |
| Church's Chicken | 1 | | Rite Aid | 1 |
| Days Inn | 1 | | Sears | 1 |
| Econo Lodge | 1 | | Subway | 1 |
| FedEx | 2 | | Taco Bell | 1 |
| GNC | 1 | | UPS | 1 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | Wendy's | 1 |
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