Mississippi: State Summary
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
State Health Department
- Mississippi State Department of Health: 2423 N. State Street, Jackson
Population:
- Total Population: 2,844,658
- Males: 1,373,314
- Females: 1,471,344
Top 4 Languages spoken at home: (> 5000)
- English only (2,545,935)
- Spanish (50,525)
- French (10,435)
- German (5,364)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Southern Baptist Convention (916,440)
- United Methodist Church, The (240,576)
- Catholic Church (115,760)
- Churches of Christ (43,396)
- Baptist Missionary Association of America (40,558)
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 1,166,974
- Sensory: 124,638
- Physical: 290,493
- Mental: 165,686
- Self-care: 98,915
- Go outside home: 233,075
- Employment: 254,929
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 48,061
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 1,046,434
- Utility gas: 389,021
- Bottled or LP gas: 216,498
- Electricity: 416,322
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 2,027
- Coal or Coke: 66
- Wood: 17,736
- Solar Energy: 196
- Other fuel: 1,472
- No fuel used: 3,096
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 1,741,197
- No vehicle: 130,615
- 1 or more vehicle: 1,610,582
Education Attainment:
- No School: 26,981
- No High School: 142,197
- Some High School: 307,852
- High School: 516,091
- Some College: 366,744
- Associate's Degree: 100,561
- College Degree: 194,325
- Master's Degree: 69,377
- Professional Degree: 22,734
- Doctoral Degree: 10,655
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 1,046,434
- Owners with phone: 725,837
- Owners without phone: 31,314
- Renters with phone: 252,065
- Renters without phone: 37,218
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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