Wayne County, Mississippi (MS)

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County population in July 2007: 21,096 (24% urban, 76% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 6,673
Renter-occupied apartments: 1,184

% of renters here:	15%
State:	28%

Land area: 810 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.2 sq. mi.

Population density: 26 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	25.4%
Whole state:	19.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	11.2%
Whole state:	9.1%

2008 cost of living index in Wayne County: 80.6 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (22.0%), Educational,health and social services (16.5%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (12.3%), Retail trade (12.0%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 77%
Government: 14%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 8%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Wayne County, Mississippi business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Wayne County, Mississippi:

White Non-Hispanic (61.1%)
Black (38.0%)
Hispanic (0.6%)

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

Males: 10,135	(47.8%)
Females: 11,081	(52.2%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $23,007
County population in 2003: 21,217
Jobs in 2003: 6,208

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Total labor force in 2004: 8,879
Unemployment rate in 2004: 6.9%

Average household size:

Wayne County:	2.7 people
Mississippi:	2.6 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $27,248 ($25,918 in 2000)

This county	$27,248
Mississippi:	$32,938

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $69,534

Wayne County	$69,534
Mississippi:	$82,700

Median monthly rent in 2000: $334
Institutionalized population: 156
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Wayne County in 2000: $596

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Single-family new house construction building permits:

2000: 4 buildings, average cost: $91,000
2001: 7 buildings, average cost: $74,900
2002: 12 buildings, average cost: $69,800
2003: 10 buildings, average cost: $77,700
2004: 10 buildings, average cost: $150,000
2005: 8 buildings, average cost: $130,800
2006: 6 buildings, average cost: $143,400

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $268 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Wayne County is $369 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $455 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $594 a month.

Cities in this county include: Waynesboro.

Neighboring counties: Choctaw County, Alabama , Clarke County , Greene County , Jasper County , Jones County , Perry County , Washington County, Alabama .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Wayne County: Water Oak (A), Wausau Work Center (B), Waynesboro Country Club (C), Frost Bridge Camp (D), Strength Ford (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Wayne County include: Saint Luke Church (A), Big Creek Church (B), Big Rock Church (C), Saint John Church (D), Boyles Chapel (E), Riverside Church (F), Buckatunna Baptist Church (G), Buckatunna Methodist Church (H), Red Creek Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Pittman Cemetery (1), Matherville Cemetery (2), Evergreen Cemetery (3), Arrington Cemetery (4), Sellers Cemetery (5), Atkinson Cemetery (6), Scotch Chapel Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Silver Lake (A), Gum Pond (B), Waynesboro Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Bull Branch (A), Maxey Branch (B), Red Creek (C), Bee Branch (D), Maynor Creek (E), Byrd Branch (F), Rasher Branch (G), Yellow Creek (H), Stevens Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Wayne County include: Chickasawhay State Wildlife Management Area (1), Thompson Creek Park (2), Maynor Creek Water Park (3), Busby Game Refuge (4). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	6.1%
Mississippi:	6.1%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 453
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 64.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 69 (46% naturalized citizens)

Wayne County:	0.3%
Whole state:	1.4%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 15 1990 to 1994: 22 1985 to 1989: 0 1980 to 1984: 0 1975 to 1979: 0 1970 to 1974: 0 1970 to 1974: 13 1965 to 1969: 19

Mean travel time to work: 30.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 66.8%

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 5,578
One, attached: 86
Two: 123
3 or 4: 53
5 to 9: 32
10 to 19: 53
20 or more: 120
Mobile homes: 2,983
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 21

Housing units in Wayne County with a mortgage: 1,604 (143 second mortgage, 89 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,603

Agriculture in Wayne County
Average size of farms: 154 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $183969
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $192.24
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.28%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 97.99%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $136386
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 12.52%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $67940
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 96.71%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 20.41
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.02%
Corn for grain: 824 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 158 harvested acres
Vegetables: 186 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 138 acres

Wayne County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is below Mississippi state average. It is 1.7 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 4 fatalities and 36 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 2/26/1958, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado killed 4 people and injured 20 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Construction (16%)
Mining (11%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
Wood products (8%)
Truck transportation (4%)
Food (4%)
Public administration (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (18%)
Health care (14%)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
Public administration (4%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (4%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Cashiers (5%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)

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

Philippines (32%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (25%)
Germany (22%)
Ireland (12%)
Japan (7%)
United Kingdom (3%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Wayne County:

United States or American (38%)
Irish (5%)
English (4%)
German (2%)
Scottish (1%)
Scotch-Irish (1%)
African (1%)

Wayne County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 5,944 (78%)
Carpooled: 1,233 (16%)
Bus or trolley bus: 46 (1%)
Walked: 75 (1%)
Other means: 70 (1%)
Worked at home: 209 (3%)

People in group quarters in Wayne County, Mississippi

118 people in nursing homes
38 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
26 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
19 people in homes for the mentally retarded

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $36,579.

4.50% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($25,691 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.50%
Mississippi average:	7.82%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.58% relocated from other counties in Mississippi ($15,124 average AGI)
1.92% relocated from other states ($10,567 average AGI)
Wayne County: 1.92%
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 Jones County, MS	0.74% ($24,375 average AGI)
from Clarke County, MS	0.34% ($24,864)
from Washington County, AL	0.29% ($22,421)
from Forrest County, MS	0.23% ($18,933)
from Harrison County, MS	0.19% ($35,500)
from Mobile County, AL	0.17% ($30,455)
from Greene County, MS	0.17% ($30,091)

4.34% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,382 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.34%
Mississippi average:	8.35%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.87% relocated to other counties in Mississippi ($18,439 average AGI)
1.47% relocated to other states ($7,939 average AGI)
Wayne County: 1.47%
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	0.56% ($23,944 average AGI)
to Forrest County, MS	0.37% ($19,167)
to Clarke County, MS	0.36% ($28,348)
to Jackson County, MS	0.25% ($22,188)
to Washington County, AL	0.19% ($28,750)
to Greene County, MS	0.17% ($19,818)
to Jasper County, MS	0.17% ($31,909)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 14.6

Births per 1000 population in Wayne County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.6

Deaths per 1000 population in Wayne County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 13.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 7.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Wayne County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,933 (2,091 aged, 842 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 4.71
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 13793.75
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 376.880
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 67056.11

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1258.750
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1056.780

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 14.73
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 65.76

Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996 : 1

Household type by relationship

Households: 21,013

In family households: 18,940 (4,334 male householders, 1,625 female householders)
4,344 spouses, 6,975 children (6,266 natural, 162 adopted, 547 stepchildren), 685 grandchildren, 248 brothers or sisters, 126 parents, 278 other relatives, 325 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,073 (838 male householders (788 living alone)), 1,074 female householders (1,030 living alone)), 161 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 203 (168 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,339 2-persons, 1,571 3-persons, 1,174 4-persons, 563 5-persons, 176 6-persons, 136 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,818 1-person, 68 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 6 5-persons.

98.7% of residents of Wayne County speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $104,016,000 ($4900 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,406,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $45,050,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $21,384,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $140,000
Federal grants: $33,848,000
Federal procurement contracts: $783,000 ($4,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,812,000 ($907,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,952,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $603,000
Federal Government insurance: $4,367,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,672

Here:	79 per 1000 residents
State:	78 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,051

Here:	49 per 1000 residents
State:	51 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +15

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

Net internal migration: -525

Here:	-25 per 1000 residents
State:	-4 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Wayne County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.73 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.4
State:	5.7

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.6
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 302
1995 to 1998: 1,096
1990 to 1994: 669
1980 to 1989: 1,979
1970 to 1979: 2,184
1960 to 1969: 1,217
1950 to 1959: 718
1940 to 1949: 398
1939 or earlier: 486

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wayne County, Mississippi:
	1 room: 9 2 rooms: 126 3 rooms: 430 4 rooms: 884 5 rooms: 2,182 6 rooms: 1,387 7 rooms: 902 8 rooms: 375 9+ rooms: 378

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wayne County, Mississippi:
	1 room: 10 2 rooms: 73 3 rooms: 114 4 rooms: 362 5 rooms: 370 6 rooms: 132 7 rooms: 78 8 rooms: 33 9+ rooms: 12

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Wayne County:
	no bedroom: 36 1 bedroom: 215 2 bedrooms: 1,571 3 bedrooms: 3,861 4 bedrooms: 866 5+ bedrooms: 124

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wayne County:
	no bedroom: 14 1 bedroom: 146 2 bedrooms: 511 3 bedrooms: 394 4 bedrooms: 93 5+ bedrooms: 26

Cars and other vehicles available in Wayne County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 549 1 vehicle: 1,956 2 vehicles: 2,688 3 vehicles: 1,125 4 vehicles: 282 5+ vehicles: 73

Cars and other vehicles available in Wayne County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 289 1 vehicle: 574 2 vehicles: 245 3 vehicles: 70 4 vehicles: 0 5+ vehicles: 6

68% of Wayne County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Mississippi.

Wayne County:	67.7%
State average:	59.0%

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

This state: 17963
Northeast: 114
Midwest: 471
South: 2435
West: 131

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $35,000

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%) Electricity (34%) Utility gas (21%) Wood (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (37%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%) Electricity (28%) Wood (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 126

Here:	4.4%
Mississippi:	10.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 130

Here:	8.7%
Mississippi:	10.5%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 23

Here:	5.7%
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.)

Wayne County government finances in 2004:

Charges - Hospital Public: $19,935,000
All Other: $417,000
Current Operations - Own Hospitals: $19,935,000
Regular Highways: $3,355,000

Police Protection: $1,061,000

General - Other: $792,000

Health Services - Other: $624,000

Financial Administration: $611,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $604,000

Central Staff Services: $542,000

Corrections - Other: $365,000

Solid Waste Management: $346,000

General Public Buildings: $333,000

Fire Protection: $232,000

Parks & Recreation: $137,000

Welfare - Other: $96,000

Natural Resources - Other: $62,000
General - Interest on Debt: $372,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Higher Education: $279,000
Libraries: $92,000

Health: $48,000

General: $28,000

Police Protection: $13,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $7,500,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $6,460,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $1,039,000
Miscellaneous - Rents: $843,000
General Revenue, NEC: $640,000

Interest Earnings: $124,000
Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $770,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $4,126,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $16,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $2,309,000
Health & Hospitals: $628,000

All Other: $360,000

General Support: $51,000
Tax - Property: $4,373,000
NEC: $392,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $13,189,000

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)

Wayne County Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2006:

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

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

Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers (per 100,000 population)