Smith County, Mississippi (MS)

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County population in July 2007: 16,009 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 5,258
Renter-occupied apartments: 788

% of renters here:	13%
State:	28%

Land area: 636 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.4 sq. mi.

Population density: 25 people per square mile

(low).

2008 cost of living index in Smith County: 80.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (29.5%), Educational,health and social services (17.0%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 74%
Government: 17%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 9%
Unpaid family work: 0%

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Races in Smith County, Mississippi:

White Non-Hispanic (75.8%)
Black (23.1%)
Hispanic (0.6%)

Median resident age:	35.6 years
Mississippi median age:	33.8 years

Males: 7,905	(48.9%)
Females: 8,277	(51.1%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $25,933
County population in 2003: 15,859
Jobs in 2003: 4,238

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Total labor force in 2004: 7,112
Unemployment rate in 2004: 5.4%

Average household size:

Smith County:	2.6 people
Mississippi:	2.6 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $35,769 ($30,840 in 1999)

This county:	$35,769
Mississippi:	$36,338

2007 median house/condo value: $80,123 ($58,400 in 2000)

Smith County:	$80,123
Mississippi:	$96,000

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $309 (lower quartile is $257, upper quartile is $415)

This county:	$309
State:	$438

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $931
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $252

Institutionalized population: 22

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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $248 (0.5%)

Smith County household income distribution in 2007

Smith County contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	16.9%
Whole state:	19.9%

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

This county:	6.2%
Whole state:	9.1%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Smith County is $386 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $455 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $547 a month.

Cities in this county include: Taylorsville, Raleigh, Mize, Polkville, Sylvarena.

Neighboring counties: Covington County , Jasper County , Jones County , Newton County , Rankin County , Scott County , Simpson County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Smith County: Old Taylorsville (A), Ford (B), Ted (C), Marathon Lake Recreation Area (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Smith County include: Saint John Church (A), Rose Hill Church (B), Boykin Church (C), Rocky Hill Church (D), Rock Bluff Church (E), Leaf River Church (F), Calvary Church (G), Providence Church (H), Carr Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Old Zion Hill Cemetery (1), Austin Cemetery (2), Barber Cemetery (3), Barnes Cemetery (4), Dukes Cemetery (5), Everett Cemetery (6), Bethany Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Shongelo Lake (A), Greentree Reservoir (B), Marathon Lake (C), Beaver Lake (D), Lake Ross Barnett (E), Spring Lakes (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Redhead Creek (A), Beaverdam Creek (B), Beech Branch (C), Yellow Bill Creek (D), Raspberry Creek (E), Purvis Creek (F), Caney Creek (G), Cantwell Branch (H), Jump Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Smith County: State Roadside Park Picnic Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	5.4%
Mississippi:	6.1%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 444
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 70.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 9.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 77 (25% naturalized citizens)

Smith County:	0.5%
Whole state:	1.4%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 24 1990 to 1994: 23 1985 to 1989: 18 1980 to 1984: 2 1975 to 1979: 8 1970 to 1974: 0 1970 to 1974: 2 1965 to 1969: 0

Mean travel time to work: 29.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 49.2%

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,690
One, attached: 44
Two: 49
3 or 4: 78
5 to 9: 18
10 to 19: 3
20 or more: 7
Mobile homes: 2,024
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 92

Housing units in Smith County with a mortgage: 1,322 (86 second mortgage, 58 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,179

Here:	52.9% with mortgage
State:	62.1% with mortgage

Agriculture in Smith County
Average size of farms: 143 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $212280
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $263.49
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.02%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 97.82%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $145366
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 12.27%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $47719
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 97.39%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 21.50
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.04%
Corn for grain: 41 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 3 harvested acres
Vegetables: 485 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 193 acres

Smith County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Mississippi state average. It is 4.1 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 46 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 11/22/1992, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado injured 20 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (14%)
Wood products (11%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
Truck transportation (7%)
Metal and metal products (5%)
Food (4%)
Transportation equipment (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (17%)
Educational services (13%)
Transportation equipment (6%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Apparel (4%)
Food (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
Farmers and farm managers (6%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Health technologists and technicians (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Turkey (25%)
Mexico (22%)
Philippines (14%)
United Kingdom (9%)
Micronesia (9%)
Korea (8%)
Germany (4%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Smith County:

United States or American (39%)
Irish (12%)
English (8%)
German (2%)
Scotch-Irish (2%)
Scottish (1%)
French (except Basque) (1%)

Smith County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 4,788 (75%)
Carpooled: 1,123 (18%)
Bus or trolley bus: 26 (0%)
Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
Bicycle: 3 (0%)
Walked: 66 (1%)
Other means: 93 (1%)
Worked at home: 308 (5%)

People in group quarters in Smith County, Mississippi

90 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
22 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
19 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $35,924.

5.73% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,131 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.73%
Mississippi average:	7.82%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.69% relocated from other counties in Mississippi ($22,327 average AGI)
1.04% relocated from other states ($5,804 average AGI)
Smith County: 1.04%
Mississippi average: 3.40%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Simpson County, MS	0.73% ($23,030 average AGI)
from Jones County, MS	0.59% ($31,704)
from Rankin County, MS	0.57% ($35,538)
from Jasper County, MS	0.53% ($25,667)
from Scott County, MS	0.48% ($30,318)
from Harrison County, MS	0.35% ($15,000)
from Covington County, MS	0.26% ($20,167)

5.73% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,558 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.73%
Mississippi average:	8.35%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.47% relocated to other counties in Mississippi ($19,254 average AGI)
1.26% relocated to other states ($6,304 average AGI)
Smith County: 1.26%
Mississippi average: 3.96%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Jones County, MS	0.71% ($23,000 average AGI)
to Simpson County, MS	0.68% ($32,161)
to Rankin County, MS	0.59% ($27,407)
to Jasper County, MS	0.37% ($17,118)
to Scott County, MS	0.37% ($23,294)
to Covington County, MS	0.33% ($25,600)
to Forrest County, MS	0.26% ($15,083)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.8

Births per 1000 population in Smith County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.1

Deaths per 1000 population in Smith County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 11.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Smith County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,385 (1,763 aged, 622 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1189.440
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1176.980

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 6.54
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 31.14

Household type by relationship

Households: 16,051

In family households: 14,529 (3,648 male householders, 991 female householders)
3,670 spouses, 5,146 children (4,496 natural, 131 adopted, 519 stepchildren), 453 grandchildren, 127 brothers or sisters, 83 parents, 243 other relatives, 168 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,522 (555 male householders (518 living alone)), 889 female householders (860 living alone)), 78 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 131 (22 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,827 2-persons, 1,211 3-persons, 980 4-persons, 386 5-persons, 184 6-persons, 51 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,378 1-person, 62 2-persons, 4 3-persons.

98.0% of residents of Smith County speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 1% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $80,406,000 ($5071 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,231,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $35,742,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $17,120,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $203,000
Federal grants: $23,880,000
Federal procurement contracts: $419,000 ($25,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,043,000 ($932,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,357,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,437,000
Federal Government insurance: $1,717,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,127

Here:	70 per 1000 residents
State:	78 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 835

Here:	52 per 1000 residents
State:	51 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +19

Here:	+1 per 1000 residents
State:	+4 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -410

Here:	-26 per 1000 residents
State:	-4 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Smith County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.65 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.5
State:	5.7

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.6
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 233
1995 to 1998: 816
1990 to 1994: 539
1980 to 1989: 1,418
1970 to 1979: 1,517
1960 to 1969: 1,049
1950 to 1959: 650
1940 to 1949: 347
1939 or earlier: 436

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Smith County, Mississippi:
	1 room: 15 2 rooms: 67 3 rooms: 351 4 rooms: 748 5 rooms: 1,516 6 rooms: 1,322 7 rooms: 695 8 rooms: 321 9+ rooms: 223

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Smith County, Mississippi:
	1 room: 2 2 rooms: 42 3 rooms: 83 4 rooms: 252 5 rooms: 181 6 rooms: 142 7 rooms: 60 8 rooms: 21 9+ rooms: 5

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Smith County:
	no bedroom: 53 1 bedroom: 154 2 bedrooms: 1,215 3 bedrooms: 3,166 4 bedrooms: 625 5+ bedrooms: 45

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Smith County:
	no bedroom: 9 1 bedroom: 111 2 bedrooms: 309 3 bedrooms: 300 4 bedrooms: 55 5+ bedrooms: 4

Cars and other vehicles available in Smith County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 382 1 vehicle: 1,489 2 vehicles: 2,054 3 vehicles: 878 4 vehicles: 340 5+ vehicles: 115

Cars and other vehicles available in Smith County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 113 1 vehicle: 341 2 vehicles: 255 3 vehicles: 73 4 vehicles: 6 5+ vehicles: 0

70% of Smith County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Mississippi.

Smith County:	69.9%
State average:	59.0%

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

This state: 14525
Northeast: 83
Midwest: 311
South: 1015
West: 79

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $43,000

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%) Electricity (37%) Utility gas (12%) Wood (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%) Electricity (31%) Utility gas (17%) Wood (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 59

Here:	2.8%
Mississippi:	10.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 63

Here:	6.2%
Mississippi:	10.5%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 50

Here:	12.3%
Mississippi:	12.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Smith County government finances in 2002:

Charges - Solid Waste Management: $299,000
All Other: $151,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $2,016,000
Central Staff Services: $1,281,000

Police Protection: $1,037,000

Financial Administration: $855,000

General - Other: $308,000

Health Services - Other: $110,000

Parks & Recreation: $104,000

Solid Waste Management: $25,000
General - Interest on Debt: $54,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $40,000
Health: $24,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $893,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $798,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $95,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $281,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $4,500,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,064,000
General Support: $915,000

All Other: $0
Tax - Property: $3,208,000
NEC: $471,000

Other Selective Sales: $5,000

Motor Vehicle License: $0
Total Salaries & Wages: $2,811,000

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Smith County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

Vehicles involved in fatal accidents (per 100,000 population)