Mississippi Demographics

As of 2005, Mississippi has an estimated population of 2,921,088, which is an increase of 20,320, or 0.7%, from the prior year and an increase of 76,432, or 2.7%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 80,733 people (that is 228,849 births minus 148,116 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 75 people into the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 10,653 people, and migration within the country produced a net loss of 10,578 people. Mississippi has the highest Black population of any U.S. state. It currently stands at about 37% of the population.

• The 2000 Census reported Mississippi's population as 2,844,658 [3]. The center of population of Mississippi is located in Leake County, in the town of Lena [4].

The Census Bureau considers race and Hispanic origin to be two separate categories. These data, however, are only for non-Hispanic members of each group: non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Blacks, etc. For more information on race and the Census, see here.

Until about 1940, African Americans made up a majority of Mississippians. Due to the Great Migration the state's African American population declined, but it remains the highest in the nation by percentage (not counting the District of Columbia). Recently it has begun to increase again, due mainly to a higher birthrate than the state average. In many of Mississippi's public school districts, a majority of students are black. [5] Blacks are a majority in the northwestern Yazoo Delta, the southwestern, and the central parts of the state.

More than 98% of the white population of Mississippi is native-born, predominantly of Northern European descent. According to the 2000 census, the largest ancestries are:

People of French Creole ancestry form the largest demographic group in Hancock County on the Gulf Coast. The black, Choctaw (in Neshoba County), and Chinese segments of the population are also almost entirely native-born.

Mississippi, like many other states, has a very low mixed-race population. According to recent statistics, Mississippi leads the country in the growth of immigrants.




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