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Demographics and Health Statistics of Mississippi Delta Service Area
Source: U.S. Census
County 2007 US Census Pop. Estimate Percent Adult HS Graduates Percent African Americans Percent Individuals Below Poverty Percent under 5 years old Percent 65 years or older
Bolivar 37,635 65.3% 65.1% 33.3% 7.4% 11.0%
Carroll 10,304 66.6% 36.6% 16.0% 5.5% 13.6%
Coahoma 27,543 62.2% 69.2% 35.9% 8.9% 12.3%
Desoto 149,393 81.6% 11.4% 7.1% 7.8% 8.9%
Holmes 20,461 59.7% 78.7% 41.1% 7.7% 12.4%
Humphreys 9,994 53.7% 71.5% 38.2% 7.8% 12.0%
Issaquena 1,675 58.8% 62.8% 33.2% 5.7% 10.7%
Leflore 35,088 61.9% 67.7% 34.8% 7.8% 11.9%
Panola 35,408 63.5% 48.4% 25.3% 7.7% 12.1%
Quitman 8,910 55.1% 68.6% 33.1% 8.1% 13.2%
Sharkey 5,571 60.6% 69.3% 38.3% 8.6% 11.3%
Sunflower 30,964 59.3% 69.9% 30.0% 7.0% 9.7%
Tallahatchie 13,260 54.4% 59.4% 32.2% 7.0% 13.2%
Tate 26,910 71.7% 31.0% 13.5% 6.9% 11.4%
Tunica 10,453 60.5% 70.2% 33.1% 8.4% 10.1%
Warren 48,866 77.0% 43.2% 18.7% 7.6% 11.7%
Washington 55,644 66.5% 64.6% 29.2% 8.4% 11.5%
Yazoo 27,187 65.0% 54.0% 31.9% 7.4% 12.4%
Avg/Totals Service Area
Mississippi 2,918,785 72.9% 36.3% 19.9% 7.2% 12.1%
United States 301,621,157 80.4% 12.3% 12.4% 6.8% 12.4%
*Percent data for demographics by county (columns 3-7) is 2000 data, most recent available US Census.

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