Jones County, Mississippi (MS)

Races in Jones County, Mississippi:

1996 2000 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,088 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $544 (0.7%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Jones County is $357 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $455 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $599 a month.

Cities in this county include: Laurel, Ellisville, Sharon, Sandersville, Soso.

2012 air pollution in Jones County:

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 10.6 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Berrien County, Georgia , Madison Parish, Louisiana , Henry County, Alabama , Lamar County , Coryell County, Texas , Turner County, Georgia , San Saba County, Texas , Shelby County, Texas .

Current college students: 3,040
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,768 (19.6% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Jones County population

• 902010 or later
• 6572000 to 2009
• 5781990 to 1999
• 1241980 to 1989
• 661970 to 1979
• 157Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 80.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 19,727
• One, attached: 420
• Two: 371
• 3 or 4: 712
• 5 to 9: 1,288
• 10 to 19: 376
• 20 to 49: 71
• 50 or more: 82
• Mobile homes: 5,820
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11

Housing units in Jones County with a mortgage: 8,346 (0 second mortgage, 238 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,459

Religion statistics for Jones County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Jones County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Mississippi Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 09, 2016 to March 29, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4268: March 25, 2016, FEMA Id: 4268, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 28, 2014 to May 03, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4175: April 30, 2014, FEMA Id: 4175, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Mississippi Tropical Storm Isaac, Incident Period: August 26, 2012 to September 11, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3348: August 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3348, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Mississippi Hurricane Isaac, Incident Period: August 26, 2012 to September 11, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4081: August 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 4081, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Mississippi Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1604: August 29, 2005, FEMA Id: 1604, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Mississippi Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 27, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3213: August 28, 2005, FEMA Id: 3213, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Mississippi Hurricane Dennis, Incident Period: July 10, 2005 to July 15, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1594: July 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 1594, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Mississippi Tornadoes and Severe Storms, Incident Period: February 16, 2001 to March 15, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1360: February 23, 2001, FEMA Id: 1360, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• Mississippi Hurricane Georges, Incident Period: September 28, 1998 to October 05, 1998, Emergency Declared EM-3132: September 28, 1998, FEMA Id: 3132, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Mississippi Hurricane Georges, Incident Period: September 25, 1998 to October 05, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1251: October 01, 1998, FEMA Id: 1251, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 8 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.32% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($29,991 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.76% relocated from other counties in Mississippi ($20,679 average AGI)
1.55% relocated from other states ($9,313 average AGI)

Jones County:	1.55%
Mississippi average:	2.79%

from Jasper County, MS	0.74% ($28,932 average AGI)
from Forrest County, MS	0.68% ($32,412)
from Lamar County, MS	0.38% ($31,602)
from Wayne County, MS	0.31% ($28,559)
from Clarke County, MS	0.18% ($27,325)
from Covington County, MS	0.18% ($29,410)
from Smith County, MS	0.18% ($21,385)

5.57% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($27,165 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.67% relocated to other counties in Mississippi ($17,495 average AGI)
1.90% relocated to other states ($9,669 average AGI)

Jones County:	1.90%
Mississippi average:	2.96%

to Forrest County, MS	0.78% ($24,982 average AGI)
to Jasper County, MS	0.64% ($23,324)
to Lamar County, MS	0.37% ($30,475)
to Wayne County, MS	0.23% ($22,660)
to Covington County, MS	0.20% ($25,744)
to Harrison County, MS	0.17% ($22,297)
to Smith County, MS	0.15% ($29,813)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 10.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Jones County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 57,861 (8,117 male householders, 8,980 female householders)

  12,349 spouses, 20,973 children (18,694 natural, 1,021 adopted, 1,258 stepchildren), 2,931 grandchildren, 529 brothers or sisters, 871 parents, 1,927 other relatives, 1,184 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 8,255 (3,889 male householders (3,712 living alone)), 3,915 female householders (3,528 living alone)), 451 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 1,837

Size of family households: 7,905 2-persons, 3,019 3-persons, 3,093 4-persons, 2,279 5-persons, 643 6-persons, 158 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,240 1-person, 564 2-persons.

10,545 married couples with children.
4,415 single-parent households (557 men, 3,858 women).

96.0% of residents of Jones speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $387,566,000 ($5,902 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $15,714,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $177,385,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $98,984,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,350,000
Federal grants: $78,960,000
Federal procurement contracts: $11,225,000 ($740,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $19,662,000 ($6,886,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,081,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $39,022,000
Federal Government insurance: $20,660,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-16 per 1000 residents
State:	-4 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 11.71 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Note: State values scaled to Jones County population

• 7312014 or later
• 1,9812010 to 2013
• 3,1272000 to 2009
• 3,8811990 to 1999
• 4,0381980 to 1989
• 4,9551970 to 1979
• 3,5991960 to 1969
• 1,7531950 to 1959
• 2,2461940 to 1949
• 2,4081939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Jones County, Mississippi

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Jones County population

• 951 room
• 02 rooms
• 03 rooms
• 2,0504 rooms
• 4,0315 rooms
• 4,1006 rooms
• 3,2367 rooms
• 2,2968 rooms
• 1,9979+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Jones County population

• 1061 room
• 3182 rooms
• 1023 rooms
• 2,4154 rooms
• 2,2435 rooms
• 1,2006 rooms
• 2607 rooms
• 2558 rooms
• 1979+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Jones County, Mississippi

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Jones County population

• 95no bedroom
• 1611 bedroom
• 3,2762 bedrooms
• 10,8603 bedrooms
• 2,7224 bedrooms
• 6915+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Jones County population

• 106no bedroom
• 6701 bedroom
• 2,2362 bedrooms
• 3,2943 bedrooms
• 6394 bedrooms
• 1515+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Jones County, Mississippi in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Jones County population

• 706no vehicle
• 4,8101 vehicle
• 6,1072 vehicles
• 4,0533 vehicles
• 1,8024 vehicles
• 3275+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Jones County population

• 1,201no vehicle
• 3,2031 vehicle
• 1,6962 vehicles
• 9963 vehicles
• 04 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

92.6% of Jones County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Mississippi.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 54,242
• Other state: 11,803
• Northeast: 408
• Midwest: 2,489
• South: 6,909
• West: 1,997

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,926
• Number of aged recipients: 254
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,672
• Number of recipients under 18: 652
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,705
• Number of recipients older than 64: 569
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,127
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,119

Jones County on our top lists:

• #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"