Jones County, Mississippi (MS)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 9,249
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 18,648
Renter-occupied apartments: 6,769 (it was 5,627 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 23% |
State: | 30% |
Land area: 694 sq. mi.
Water area: 5.9 sq. mi.
Population density: 96 people per square mile (average).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (22.9%), Manufacturing (15.3%), Retail trade (14.9%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 78%
- Government: 16%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 5%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 42,62164.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 18,92828.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 3,0864.6%Hispanic or Latino
- 1,4832.2%Two or more races
- 2090.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- 1810.3%Asian alone
- 290.04%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
Median resident age: | 40.2 years |
Mississippi median age: | 38.6 years |
Males: 33,740 | ![]() |
Females: 33,004 | ![]() |

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Jones County: | 2.0 people |
Mississippi: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2021: $40,116 ($28,786 in 1999)
This county: | $40,116 |
Mississippi: | $48,716 |
Median contract rent in 2021 for apartments: $503 (lower quartile is $372, upper quartile is $607)
This county: | $503 |
State: | $641 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2021: $111,200 (it was $54,000 in 2000)
Jones: | $111,200 |
Mississippi: | $145,600 |
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,000
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $306
Institutionalized population: 616
Crime in 2017 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 1
- Rapes: 8
- Robberies: 3
- Assaults: 20
- Burglaries: 98
- Thefts: 103
- Auto thefts: 0
Crime in 2016 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 1
- Rapes: 50
- Robberies: 9
- Assaults: 82
- Burglaries: 363
- Thefts: 405
- Auto thefts: 0
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2021: 55 buildings, average cost: $117,500
- 2020: 93 buildings, average cost: $129,900
- 2019: 5 buildings, average cost: $182,300
- 2018: 11 buildings, average cost: $215,800
- 2017: 20 buildings, average cost: $154,400
- 2016: 24 buildings, average cost: $146,800
- 2015: 27 buildings, average cost: $143,200
- 2014: 21 buildings, average cost: $124,100
- 2013: 111 buildings, average cost: $62,100
- 2012: 9 buildings, average cost: $128,900
- 2011: 11 buildings, average cost: $188,700
- 2010: 56 buildings, average cost: $62,400
- 2009: 21 buildings, average cost: $124,900
- 2008: 76 buildings, average cost: $89,500
- 2007: 115 buildings, average cost: $153,200
- 2006: 45 buildings, average cost: $134,500
- 2005: 37 buildings, average cost: $117,700
- 2004: 32 buildings, average cost: $153,700
- 2003: 30 buildings, average cost: $118,700
- 2002: 27 buildings, average cost: $132,100
- 2001: 14 buildings, average cost: $83,100
- 2000: 12 buildings, average cost: $206,100
- 1999: 51 buildings, average cost: $58,200
- 1998: 12 buildings, average cost: $129,700
- 1997: 14 buildings, average cost: $141,700
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $1,258 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $710 (0.8%)
Jones County: | 17.4% |
Mississippi: | 19.4% |
Median age of residents in 2021: 40.2 years old
(Males: 37.5 years old, Females: 43.1 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 42.7 years old, Black residents: 39.7 years old, American Indian residents: 19.5 years old, Asian residents: 53.0 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 19.9 years old, Other race residents: 32.4 years old)
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.
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
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Here: | 3.2% |
Mississippi: | 3.1% |
Current college students: 3,040
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 82.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.8%
Number of foreign born residents: 2,506 (22.5% naturalized citizens)
Jones County: | 3.8% |
Whole state: | 2.1% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 3312010 or later
- 5392000 to 2009
- 3731990 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: 19,766
- One, attached: 516
- Two: 376
- 3 or 4: 940
- 5 to 9: 628
- 10 to 19: 270
- 20 to 49: 90
- 50 or more: 110
- Mobile homes: 6,035
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 85
Housing units in Jones County with a mortgage: 6,235 (222 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 222 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 241
Here: | 2.4% with mortgage |
State: | 97.8% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Jones County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 35,353 | 122 |
Mainline Protestant | 3,811 | 26 |
Black Protestant | 2,728 | 11 |
Catholic | 1,350 | 1 |
Other | 427 | 3 |
None | 24,092 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Jones County: | 2.40 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.08 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.15 / 10,000 pop. |
Mississippi: | 0.24 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.15 / 10,000 pop. |
Mississippi: | 0.80 / 10,000 pop. |
Jones County: | 6.30 / 10,000 pop. |
Mississippi: | 6.36 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 2.85 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 5.03 / 10,000 pop. |
Jones County: | 13.4% |
Mississippi: | 12.3% |
Jones County: | 34.6% |
State: | 33.1% |
Here: | 14.0% |
State: | 14.4% |
Agriculture in Jones County:
Average size of farms: 122 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $120,242
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $119.94
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.22%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 98.30%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $91,847
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 13.97%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 1.29%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $36,112
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 96.20%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 22.64
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 2.70%
Corn for grain: 290 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 280 harvested acres
Vegetables: 323 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 192 acres
Earthquake activity:
Jones County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Mississippi state average. It is 126% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 10/24/1997 at 08:35:17, a magnitude 4.9 (4.8 MB, 4.2 MS, 4.9 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 118.1 miles away from Jones County center
On 1/18/1999 at 07:00:53, a magnitude 4.8 (4.8 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 165.0 miles away from the county center
On 11/7/2004 at 11:20:21, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 100.2 miles away from the county center
On 6/24/1975 at 11:11:36, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB) earthquake occurred 162.7 miles away from the county center
On 3/25/1976 at 00:41:20, a magnitude 5.0 (4.9 MB, 5.0 LG, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 283.5 miles away from Jones County center
On 7/16/1993 at 10:54:32, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 49.4 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: April 22, 2020 - April 23, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4551-MS: July 9, 2020, FEMA Id: 4551, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
- Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: April 12, 2020, FEMA Id: 4536, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
- Mississippi Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4528, Natural disaster type: Other
- Mississippi Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornado, Incident Period: December 27, 2018 - December 28, 2018, FEMA Id: 4415, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- 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
- 12 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Jones County (22) is greater than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 15
Emergencies Declared: 4
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 9, Storms: 9, Tornadoes: 9, Hurricanes: 8, Heavy Rains: 2, Winds: 2, Drought: 1, Freeze: 1, Tropical Storm: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 25,356 (87.2%)
- Carpooled: 2,020 (6.9%)
- Bus: 71 (0.2%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 227 (0.8%)
- Walked: 331 (1.1%)
- Worked at home: 537 (1.8%)
- Health care and social assistance (19%)
- Retail trade (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Manufacturing (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other services, except public administration (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Health care and social assistance (24%)
- Retail trade (19%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Manufacturing (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Other services, except public administration (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Production occupations (13%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (11%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (11%)
- Management occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (8%)
- Transportation occupations (7%)
- Material moving occupations (7%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (17%)
- Sales and related occupations (16%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (14%)
- Production occupations (7%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (7%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Mexico (67%)
- India (11%)
- Other South America (3%)
- England (3%)
- Egypt (3%)
- Russia (3%)
- Canada (1%)
- American (14%)
- English (12%)
- Irish (4%)
- German (2%)
- European (1%)
- Scottish (1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1%)
People in group quarters in Jones County, Mississippi in 2010:
- 586 people in college/university student housing
- 388 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 248 people in residential treatment centers for adults
- 186 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 142 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 141 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
- 77 people in group homes intended for adults
- 21 people in residential treatment centers for juveniles (non-correctional)
- 21 people in correctional facilities intended for juveniles
People in group quarters in Jones County, Mississippi in 2000:
- 610 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 518 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 260 people in nursing homes
- 147 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 133 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 33 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 7 people in other group homes
5.33% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($42,677 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 5.33% |
Mississippi average: | 6.85% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.52% relocated from other counties in Mississippi ($24,114 average AGI)
1.81% relocated from other states ($18,563 average AGI)
Jones County: 1.81% Mississippi average: 2.80%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Forrest County, MS | ![]() |
from Jasper County, MS | ![]() |
from Wayne County, MS | ![]() |
from Lamar County, MS | ![]() |
from Covington County, MS | ![]() |
from Smith County, MS | ![]() |
from Harrison County, MS | ![]() |
5.68% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($38,409 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 5.68% |
Mississippi average: | 7.03% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.98% relocated to other counties in Mississippi ($26,385 average AGI)
1.71% relocated to other states ($12,024 average AGI)
Jones County: 1.71% Mississippi average: 2.99%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Forrest County, MS | ![]() |
to Jasper County, MS | ![]() |
to Lamar County, MS | ![]() |
to Wayne County, MS | ![]() |
to Covington County, MS | ![]() |
to Smith County, MS | ![]() |
to Harrison County, MS | ![]() |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 10.9
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 5.0%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 12,244 (9,009 aged, 3,235 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 2,154 (12%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Jones County, Mississippi in 1999 - 2019:
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (1,038)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (937)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (799)
- Congestive heart failure (710)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (643)
- Pneumonia, unspecified (586)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (551)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (446)
- Septicaemia, unspecified (352)
- Unspecified diabetes mellitus, without complications (196)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 16,756
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 532
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 82,280
General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,580
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,206
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 11
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 38
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 80
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 6
Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 102.8. This is less than state average.
- Firearm - 74.3
- Other - 28.4
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 87.5. This is less than state average.
- Firearm - 63.4
- Other - 24.0
Household type by relationship:
Households: 66,744- Male householders: 10,004 (3,357 living alone), Female householders: 13,502 (3,698 living alone)
10,352 spouses (10,281 opposite-sex spouses), 2,002 unmarried partners, (2,002 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 22,383 children (21,921 natural, 197 adopted, 265 stepchildren), 2,779 grandchildren, 603 brothers or sisters, 586 parents, 0 foster children, 1,555 other relatives, 1,682 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 1,296
Size of family households: 8,200 2-persons, 3,938 3-persons, 3,172 4-persons, 916 5-persons, 577 6-persons, 271 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 6,513 1-person, 817 2-persons, 118 3-persons.
9,352 married couples with children.
5,777 single-parent households (606 men, 5,171 women).
96.1% of residents of Jones speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (98% speak English very well, 2% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% 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:
Births: 5,310Here: | 80 per 1000 residents |
State: | 78 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 3,753
Here: | 57 per 1000 residents |
State: | 51 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +810
Here: | +12 per 1000 residents |
State: | +4 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -1,078
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Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 11.71 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Here: | 6.4 |
State: | 6.3 |
Here: | 4.7 |
State: | 4.8 |
- Year house built in Jones County, Mississippi
- 72020 or later
- 3,5452010 to 2019
- 3,1682000 to 2009
- 2,0271990 to 1999
- 4,3201980 to 1989
- 4,5951970 to 1979
- 5,3381960 to 1969
- 1,9441950 to 1959
- 1,8811940 to 1949
- 1,8491939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Jones County, Mississippi
- 1651 room
- 3542 rooms
- 593 rooms
- 1,2564 rooms
- 3,0315 rooms
- 4,5456 rooms
- 3,7827 rooms
- 1,6368 rooms
- 3,4439+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jones County, Mississippi
- 5221 room
- 02 rooms
- 2823 rooms
- 1,5574 rooms
- 1,1325 rooms
- 9096 rooms
- 2397 rooms
- 1048 rooms
- 4909+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Jones County, Mississippi
- 165no bedroom
- 3541 bedroom
- 2,6982 bedrooms
- 10,6123 bedrooms
- 4,0364 bedrooms
- 4065+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jones County, Mississippi
- 522no bedroom
- 6511 bedroom
- 1,4222 bedrooms
- 1,9613 bedrooms
- 2704 bedrooms
- 4095+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Jones County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 427no vehicle
- 4,5271 vehicle
- 8,1032 vehicles
- 3,3813 vehicles
- 1,0444 vehicles
- 7895+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Jones County in renter-occupied apartments
- 1,121no vehicle
- 2,7441 vehicle
- 8512 vehicles
- 5193 vehicles
- 04 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
91.7% of Jones County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Mississippi.
Jones County: | 91.7% |
State average: | 87.9% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 52,771
- Other state: 11,467
- Northeast: 583
- Midwest: 697
- South: 10,131
- West: 56
- 56.5%Electricity
- 32.1%Utility gas
- 9.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.4%Wood
- 0.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.2%No fuel used
- 0.2%Other fuel
- 68.3%Electricity
- 21.1%Utility gas
- 8.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.1%No fuel used
- 0.3%Other fuel
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 33.7% |
Mississippi: | 15.7% |
Here: | 32.1% |
Mississippi: | 16.0% |
Here: | 18.3% |
Mississippi: | 9.6% |
Jones County government finances - Expenditure in 2020:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $32,916,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $172,259,000
Hospital Public: $146,394,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,810,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,243,000
Other: $994,000
Other: $937,000
- Construction - Hospitals: $11,816,000
Regular Highways: $4,255,000
Hospitals: $3,307,000
Solid Waste Management: $296,000
- Current Operations - Hospitals: $178,528,000
Hospitals: $147,325,000
Regular Highways: $13,538,000
Regular Highways: $12,281,000
Police Protection: $5,975,000
Police Protection: $5,898,000
Central Staff Services: $5,081,000
Central Staff Services: $4,682,000
Correctional Institutions: $3,201,000
Correctional Institutions: $3,160,000
Financial Administration: $2,754,000
Financial Administration: $2,467,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,220,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,177,000
General Public Buildings: $1,767,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,657,000
General Public Buildings: $1,629,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,527,000
Local Fire Protection: $1,494,000
Local Fire Protection: $1,474,000
Health - Other: $1,361,000
Health - Other: $1,336,000
Parks and Recreation: $999,000
Parks and Recreation: $877,000
Public Welfare - Other: $297,000
Public Welfare - Other: $292,000
General - Other: $280,000
General - Other: $263,000
Natural Resources - Other: $140,000
Natural Resources - Other: $119,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $2,615,000
Interest on Debt: $2,083,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Other Higher Education: $2,447,000
Other - Other Higher Education: $2,248,000
Other - Libraries: $417,000
Other - Libraries: $364,000
Other - Air Transportation: $339,000
Other - Air Transportation: $270,000
Other - General - Other: $264,000
Other - General - Other: $243,000
Other - Natural Resources - Other: $151,000
Other - Health - Other: $145,000
Other - Health - Other: $145,000
Other - Natural Resources - Other: $91,000
Other - Central Staff Services: $87,000
Other - Central Staff Services: $76,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $103,000
Health and Hospitals: $77,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $125,956,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $115,647,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $115,191,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $82,563,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $70,725,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $37,641,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $16,346,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $9,100,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $7,950,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $6,800,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $5,800,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $5,581,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $1,150,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $1,000,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $5,153,000
General Revenue - Other: $4,945,000
Interest Earnings: $2,136,000
Fines and Forfeits: $1,189,000
Interest Earnings: $649,000
Sale of Property: $500,000
Fines and Forfeits: $493,000
Sale of Property: $329,000
Rents: $187,000
Rents: $174,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Hospitals: $9,020,000
Hospitals: $8,901,000
General - Other: $2,639,000
General - Other: $1,919,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,136,000
Parks and Recreation: $422,000
Solid Waste Management: $241,000
Regular Highways: $229,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $52,069,000
Cash and Securities: $43,657,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $17,660,000
Cash and Securities: $13,688,000
- State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $11,999,000
Public Welfare: $11,990,000
Highways: $4,255,000
Other: $4,063,000
General Local Government Support: $3,037,000
Other: $2,774,000
Highways: $2,584,000
General Local Government Support: $2,248,000
Health and Hospitals: $744,000
Health and Hospitals: $652,000
- Tax - Property: $27,584,000
Property: $24,555,000
Other License: $819,000
Other License: $748,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $96,973,000
: $76,358,000
Jones County government finances - Revenue in 2020:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $32,916,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $172,259,000
Hospital Public: $146,394,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,810,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,243,000
Other: $994,000
Other: $937,000
- Construction - Hospitals: $11,816,000
Regular Highways: $4,255,000
Hospitals: $3,307,000
Solid Waste Management: $296,000
- Current Operations - Hospitals: $178,528,000
Hospitals: $147,325,000
Regular Highways: $13,538,000
Regular Highways: $12,281,000
Police Protection: $5,975,000
Police Protection: $5,898,000
Central Staff Services: $5,081,000
Central Staff Services: $4,682,000
Correctional Institutions: $3,201,000
Correctional Institutions: $3,160,000
Financial Administration: $2,754,000
Financial Administration: $2,467,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,220,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,177,000
General Public Buildings: $1,767,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,657,000
General Public Buildings: $1,629,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,527,000
Local Fire Protection: $1,494,000
Local Fire Protection: $1,474,000
Health - Other: $1,361,000
Health - Other: $1,336,000
Parks and Recreation: $999,000
Parks and Recreation: $877,000
Public Welfare - Other: $297,000
Public Welfare - Other: $292,000
General - Other: $280,000
General - Other: $263,000
Natural Resources - Other: $140,000
Natural Resources - Other: $119,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $2,615,000
Interest on Debt: $2,083,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Other Higher Education: $2,447,000
Other - Other Higher Education: $2,248,000
Other - Libraries: $417,000
Other - Libraries: $364,000
Other - Air Transportation: $339,000
Other - Air Transportation: $270,000
Other - General - Other: $264,000
Other - General - Other: $243,000
Other - Natural Resources - Other: $151,000
Other - Health - Other: $145,000
Other - Health - Other: $145,000
Other - Natural Resources - Other: $91,000
Other - Central Staff Services: $87,000
Other - Central Staff Services: $76,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $103,000
Health and Hospitals: $77,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $125,956,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $115,647,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $115,191,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $82,563,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $70,725,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $37,641,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $16,346,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $9,100,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $7,950,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $6,800,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $5,800,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $5,581,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $1,150,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $1,000,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $5,153,000
General Revenue - Other: $4,945,000
Interest Earnings: $2,136,000
Fines and Forfeits: $1,189,000
Interest Earnings: $649,000
Sale of Property: $500,000
Fines and Forfeits: $493,000
Sale of Property: $329,000
Rents: $187,000
Rents: $174,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Hospitals: $9,020,000
Hospitals: $8,901,000
General - Other: $2,639,000
General - Other: $1,919,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,136,000
Parks and Recreation: $422,000
Solid Waste Management: $241,000
Regular Highways: $229,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $52,069,000
Cash and Securities: $43,657,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $17,660,000
Cash and Securities: $13,688,000
- State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $11,999,000
Public Welfare: $11,990,000
Highways: $4,255,000
Other: $4,063,000
General Local Government Support: $3,037,000
Other: $2,774,000
Highways: $2,584,000
General Local Government Support: $2,248,000
Health and Hospitals: $744,000
Health and Hospitals: $652,000
- Tax - Property: $27,584,000
Property: $24,555,000
Other License: $819,000
Other License: $748,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $96,973,000
: $76,358,000
Jones County government finances - Debt in 2020:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $32,916,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $172,259,000
Hospital Public: $146,394,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,810,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,243,000
Other: $994,000
Other: $937,000
- Construction - Hospitals: $11,816,000
Regular Highways: $4,255,000
Hospitals: $3,307,000
Solid Waste Management: $296,000
- Current Operations - Hospitals: $178,528,000
Hospitals: $147,325,000
Regular Highways: $13,538,000
Regular Highways: $12,281,000
Police Protection: $5,975,000
Police Protection: $5,898,000
Central Staff Services: $5,081,000
Central Staff Services: $4,682,000
Correctional Institutions: $3,201,000
Correctional Institutions: $3,160,000
Financial Administration: $2,754,000
Financial Administration: $2,467,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,220,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,177,000
General Public Buildings: $1,767,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,657,000
General Public Buildings: $1,629,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,527,000
Local Fire Protection: $1,494,000
Local Fire Protection: $1,474,000
Health - Other: $1,361,000
Health - Other: $1,336,000
Parks and Recreation: $999,000
Parks and Recreation: $877,000
Public Welfare - Other: $297,000
Public Welfare - Other: $292,000
General - Other: $280,000
General - Other: $263,000
Natural Resources - Other: $140,000
Natural Resources - Other: $119,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $2,615,000
Interest on Debt: $2,083,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Other Higher Education: $2,447,000
Other - Other Higher Education: $2,248,000
Other - Libraries: $417,000
Other - Libraries: $364,000
Other - Air Transportation: $339,000
Other - Air Transportation: $270,000
Other - General - Other: $264,000
Other - General - Other: $243,000
Other - Natural Resources - Other: $151,000
Other - Health - Other: $145,000
Other - Health - Other: $145,000
Other - Natural Resources - Other: $91,000
Other - Central Staff Services: $87,000
Other - Central Staff Services: $76,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $103,000
Health and Hospitals: $77,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $125,956,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $115,647,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $115,191,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $82,563,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $70,725,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $37,641,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $16,346,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $9,100,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $7,950,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $6,800,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $5,800,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $5,581,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $1,150,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $1,000,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $5,153,000
General Revenue - Other: $4,945,000
Interest Earnings: $2,136,000
Fines and Forfeits: $1,189,000
Interest Earnings: $649,000
Sale of Property: $500,000
Fines and Forfeits: $493,000
Sale of Property: $329,000
Rents: $187,000
Rents: $174,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Hospitals: $9,020,000
Hospitals: $8,901,000
General - Other: $2,639,000
General - Other: $1,919,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,136,000
Parks and Recreation: $422,000
Solid Waste Management: $241,000
Regular Highways: $229,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $52,069,000
Cash and Securities: $43,657,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $17,660,000
Cash and Securities: $13,688,000
- State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $11,999,000
Public Welfare: $11,990,000
Highways: $4,255,000
Other: $4,063,000
General Local Government Support: $3,037,000
Other: $2,774,000
Highways: $2,584,000
General Local Government Support: $2,248,000
Health and Hospitals: $744,000
Health and Hospitals: $652,000
- Tax - Property: $27,584,000
Property: $24,555,000
Other License: $819,000
Other License: $748,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $96,973,000
: $76,358,000
Jones County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2020:
- Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $32,916,000
- Charges - Hospital Public: $172,259,000
Hospital Public: $146,394,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,810,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,243,000
Other: $994,000
Other: $937,000
- Construction - Hospitals: $11,816,000
Regular Highways: $4,255,000
Hospitals: $3,307,000
Solid Waste Management: $296,000
- Current Operations - Hospitals: $178,528,000
Hospitals: $147,325,000
Regular Highways: $13,538,000
Regular Highways: $12,281,000
Police Protection: $5,975,000
Police Protection: $5,898,000
Central Staff Services: $5,081,000
Central Staff Services: $4,682,000
Correctional Institutions: $3,201,000
Correctional Institutions: $3,160,000
Financial Administration: $2,754,000
Financial Administration: $2,467,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,220,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,177,000
General Public Buildings: $1,767,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,657,000
General Public Buildings: $1,629,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,527,000
Local Fire Protection: $1,494,000
Local Fire Protection: $1,474,000
Health - Other: $1,361,000
Health - Other: $1,336,000
Parks and Recreation: $999,000
Parks and Recreation: $877,000
Public Welfare - Other: $297,000
Public Welfare - Other: $292,000
General - Other: $280,000
General - Other: $263,000
Natural Resources - Other: $140,000
Natural Resources - Other: $119,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $2,615,000
Interest on Debt: $2,083,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Other Higher Education: $2,447,000
Other - Other Higher Education: $2,248,000
Other - Libraries: $417,000
Other - Libraries: $364,000
Other - Air Transportation: $339,000
Other - Air Transportation: $270,000
Other - General - Other: $264,000
Other - General - Other: $243,000
Other - Natural Resources - Other: $151,000
Other - Health - Other: $145,000
Other - Health - Other: $145,000
Other - Natural Resources - Other: $91,000
Other - Central Staff Services: $87,000
Other - Central Staff Services: $76,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $103,000
Health and Hospitals: $77,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $125,956,000
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $115,647,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $115,191,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $82,563,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $70,725,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $37,641,000
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $16,346,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $9,100,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $7,950,000
Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $6,800,000
Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $5,800,000
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $5,581,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $1,150,000
Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $1,000,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $5,153,000
General Revenue - Other: $4,945,000
Interest Earnings: $2,136,000
Fines and Forfeits: $1,189,000
Interest Earnings: $649,000
Sale of Property: $500,000
Fines and Forfeits: $493,000
Sale of Property: $329,000
Rents: $187,000
Rents: $174,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Hospitals: $9,020,000
Hospitals: $8,901,000
General - Other: $2,639,000
General - Other: $1,919,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,136,000
Parks and Recreation: $422,000
Solid Waste Management: $241,000
Regular Highways: $229,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $52,069,000
Cash and Securities: $43,657,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $17,660,000
Cash and Securities: $13,688,000
- State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $11,999,000
Public Welfare: $11,990,000
Highways: $4,255,000
Other: $4,063,000
General Local Government Support: $3,037,000
Other: $2,774,000
Highways: $2,584,000
General Local Government Support: $2,248,000
Health and Hospitals: $744,000
Health and Hospitals: $652,000
- Tax - Property: $27,584,000
Property: $24,555,000
Other License: $819,000
Other License: $748,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $96,973,000
: $76,358,000
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
Most common first names in Jones County, MS among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
James | 599 | 69.4 years |
William | 506 | 72.6 years |
John | 493 | 72.8 years |
Mary | 467 | 77.7 years |
Robert | 290 | 69.2 years |
Willie | 269 | 72.9 years |
Charles | 245 | 68.2 years |
George | 219 | 72.9 years |
Annie | 196 | 78.6 years |
Thomas | 176 | 71.3 years |
Most common last names in Jones County, MS among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Smith | 346 | 74.9 years |
Jones | 314 | 73.7 years |
Walters | 277 | 76.2 years |
Johnson | 234 | 74.6 years |
Holifield | 199 | 75.6 years |
Williams | 196 | 73.8 years |
Davis | 177 | 72.9 years |
Parker | 143 | 74.3 years |
Hill | 131 | 75.3 years |
Knight | 125 | 75.7 years |
Businesses in Jones County, MS | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AT&T | 1 | Kroger | 1 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 2 | Lowe's | 1 | |
Applebee's | 1 | McDonald's | 3 | |
Arby's | 1 | New Balance | 1 | |
AutoZone | 2 | Nike | 2 | |
Bath & Body Works | 1 | Nissan | 1 | |
Best Western | 2 | Office Depot | 1 | |
Blockbuster | 1 | Papa John's Pizza | 1 | |
Buffalo Wild Wings | 1 | Payless | 2 | |
Burger King | 2 | Pizza Hut | 3 | |
CVS | 1 | Popeyes | 2 | |
Chevrolet | 1 | Quiznos | 1 | |
Chick-Fil-A | 1 | RadioShack | 1 | |
Church's Chicken | 1 | Rodeway Inn | 1 | |
Circle K | 1 | Rue21 | 1 | |
Comfort Suites | 1 | Ryan's Grill | 1 | |
Curves | 2 | SONIC Drive-In | 2 | |
Domino's Pizza | 2 | Sears | 1 | |
Econo Lodge | 1 | Subway | 6 | |
FedEx | 8 | Super 8 | 1 | |
Foot Locker | 1 | T-Mobile | 2 | |
Ford | 1 | Taco Bell | 1 | |
GNC | 1 | Toyota | 1 | |
H&R Block | 2 | True Value | 1 | |
Hardee's | 3 | U-Haul | 4 | |
Hilton | 1 | UPS | 9 | |
Holiday Inn | 1 | Verizon Wireless | 1 | |
JCPenney | 1 | Waffle House | 1 | |
Jones New York | 1 | Walgreens | 1 | |
KFC | 3 | Walmart | 1 |
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+)"