Wayne County, Mississippi

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Waynesboro By the Numbers

Waynesboro FYI (U.S. Census Bureau)

Population, 2011 estimate -- 5,005

Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base -- 5,043

Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011-- -0.8%

Population, 2010 -- 5,043 

Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 -- 8.3% 

Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 -- 26.8% 

Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 -- 15.1% 

Female persons, percent, 2010 -- 54.5%  

White persons, percent, 2010 (a) -- 35.2%

Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) -- 61.9% 

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) -- 0.2% 

Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) -- 0.3%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) -- 0.1% 

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 -- 1.0%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) -- 1.9% 

White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 -- 35.1%   

Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 -- 92.2% 

Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 -- 0.6%  

Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 -- 0.3%

High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 -- 68.5%  

Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 -- 13.6% 

Veterans, 2007-2011 -- 280

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 -- 24.5   

Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 -- 66.9%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 -- 12.9%  

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 -- $85,300

Households, 2007-2011 -- 1,987

Persons per household, 2007-2011 -- 2.46

Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 -- $16,514

Median household income, 2007-2011 -- $21,156 

Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 -- 39.6%

Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) -- 214,483

Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) -- 156,807 

Retail sales per capita, 2007 -- $27,656 

Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) -- $13,265

Land area in square miles, 2010 -- 12.69 

Persons per square mile, 2010 -- 397.3