Alcorn County, Mississippi (MS)

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• • 27,57678.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,1979.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,0558.7%Two or more races
  • 1,2113.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1220.3%Asian alone
  • 370.1%Some other race alone
  • 230.07%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 190.05%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 8
• Burglaries: 72
• Thefts: 152
• Auto thefts: 39

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 10
• Burglaries: 98
• Thefts: 167
• Auto thefts: 39

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $945 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $644 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Alcorn County is $408 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $455 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $632 a month.

Cities in this county include: Corinth, Farmington, Rienzi, Glen, Kossuth.

Neighboring counties: Coal County, Oklahoma , Crittenden County, Arkansas , Limestone County, Alabama , Marshall County , Marshall County, Alabama .

Current college students: 1,016
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 512 (45.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2092010 or later
• 862000 to 2009
• 1801990 to 1999
• 511980 to 1989
• 531970 to 1979
• 61Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 92.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 11,047
• One, attached: 134
• Two: 552
• 3 or 4: 737
• 5 to 9: 432
• 10 to 19: 393
• 20 to 49: 155
• 50 or more: 272
• Mobile homes: 2,720
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 61

Housing units in Alcorn County with a mortgage: 4,379 (367 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 266 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 123

Religion statistics for Alcorn County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Alcorn County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Mississippi Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4528, Natural disaster type: Other
• Mississippi Severe Storm, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: October 26, 2019, FEMA Id: 4470, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• Mississippi Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding, Incident Period: February 22, 2019 - March 29, 2019, FEMA Id: 4429, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Associated Flooding, Incident Period: April 15, 2011 to April 28, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1972: April 29, 2011, FEMA Id: 1972, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 01, 2010 to May 02, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1916: May 14, 2010, FEMA Id: 1916, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Mississippi Tornadoes and Severe Storms, Incident Period: February 16, 2001 to March 15, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1360: February 23, 2001, FEMA Id: 1360, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• Mississippi Severe Storm, Winter Storm, Freezing Rain And Sleet, Incident Period: February 09, 1994 to February 14, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1009: February 18, 1994, FEMA Id: 1009, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Storm, Freeze
• Mississippi Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornado, Incident Period: April 26, 1991 to May 31, 1991, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-906: May 17, 1991, FEMA Id: 906, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Mississippi Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornado, Incident Period: January 24, 1990 to March 15, 1990, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-859: February 28, 1990, FEMA Id: 859, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Mississippi Drought and Freezing, Incident Period: February 22, 1977, Emergency Declared EM-3032: February 22, 1977, FEMA Id: 3032, Natural disaster type: Freeze, Drought
• 1 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.48% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($43,501 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.94% relocated from other counties in Mississippi ($20,261 average AGI)
2.55% relocated from other states ($23,239 average AGI)

Alcorn County:	2.55%
Mississippi average:	2.80%

from Prentiss County, MS	0.67% ($36,455 average AGI)
from Tishomingo County, MS	0.48% ($36,309)
from Tippah County, MS	0.47% ($33,148)
from McNairy County, TN	0.41% ($35,957)
from Lee County, MS	0.27% ($32,355)

5.91% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($43,695 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.08% relocated to other counties in Mississippi ($19,590 average AGI)
2.83% relocated to other states ($24,105 average AGI)

Alcorn County:	2.83%
Mississippi average:	2.99%

to Prentiss County, MS	0.77% ($36,045 average AGI)
to Tishomingo County, MS	0.60% ($51,406)
to McNairy County, TN	0.54% ($37,468)
to Tippah County, MS	0.29% ($33,788)
to Lee County, MS	0.28% ($35,094)
to DeSoto County, MS	0.20% ($38,826)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 12.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 12.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 9.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Alcorn County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 6,347 (2,175 living alone), Female householders: 7,967 (2,408 living alone)

• 6,177 spouses (6,151 opposite-sex spouses), 742 unmarried partners, (683 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 9,617 children (8,898 natural, 256 adopted, 463 stepchildren), 834 grandchildren, 396 brothers or sisters, 181 parents, 12 foster children, 491 other relatives, 1,026 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 748

Size of family households: 4,689 2-persons, 2,069 3-persons, 1,602 4-persons, 504 5-persons, 168 6-persons, 63 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,586 1-person, 538 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 9 6-persons.

4,600 married couples with children.
1,899 single-parent households (170 men, 1,729 women).

97.4% of residents of Alcorn speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English very well, 59% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $207,205,000 ($5,881 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,649,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $100,093,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $47,900,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,557,000
Federal grants: $44,809,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,056,000 ($345,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,789,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $708,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,126,000
Federal Government insurance: $11,949,000

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

Here:	+12 per 1000 residents
State:	-4 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 5.28 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Alcorn County, Mississippi
• 02020 or later
• 1,7752010 to 2019
• 1,6222000 to 2009
• 2,4061990 to 1999
• 2,7231980 to 1989
• 3,4441970 to 1979
• 1,6241960 to 1969
• 1,3291950 to 1959
• 6791940 to 1949
• 6351939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Alcorn County, Mississippi

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Alcorn County, Mississippi
• 451 room
• 352 rooms
• 663 rooms
• 7294 rooms
• 1,8085 rooms
• 1,8666 rooms
• 2,2717 rooms
• 1,2708 rooms
• 1,4229+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Alcorn County, Mississippi
• 2571 room
• 1532 rooms
• 6833 rooms
• 9114 rooms
• 1,2705 rooms
• 7086 rooms
• 3937 rooms
• 2958 rooms
• 839+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Alcorn County, Mississippi

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Alcorn County, Mississippi
• 67no bedroom
• 791 bedroom
• 1,3742 bedrooms
• 5,9113 bedrooms
• 1,7504 bedrooms
• 3245+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Alcorn County, Mississippi
• 270no bedroom
• 6301 bedroom
• 2,1122 bedrooms
• 1,3813 bedrooms
• 2434 bedrooms
• 675+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Alcorn County, Mississippi in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Alcorn County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 238no vehicle
• 2,1281 vehicle
• 4,1252 vehicles
• 1,6333 vehicles
• 1,0044 vehicles
• 4285+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Alcorn County in renter-occupied apartments
• 810no vehicle
• 2,3891 vehicle
• 9952 vehicles
• 5113 vehicles
• 24 vehicles
• 515+ vehicles

89.6% of Alcorn County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Mississippi.

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

• This state: 22,776
• Other state: 11,078
• Northeast: 305
• Midwest: 2,467
• South: 7,314
• West: 947

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,853
• Number of aged recipients: 210
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,643
• Number of recipients under 18: 187
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,210
• Number of recipients older than 64: 456
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 913
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 687

Alcorn County on our top lists:

• #80 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
• #85 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"