Amite County, Mississippi (MS)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 2,786
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 4,528
Renter-occupied apartments: 882 (it was 743 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 14% |
State: | 30% |
Land area: 730 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.0 sq. mi.
Population density: 17 people per square mile (low).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (23.1%), Manufacturing (12.9%), Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (10.9%), Transportation and warehousing,and utilities (10.4%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 70%
- Government: 21%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 9%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 7,22757.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 4,98139.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 2862.3%Two or more races
- 310.2%Some other race alone
- 120.10%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- 90.07%Hispanic or Latino
- 30.02%Asian alone
Median resident age: | 49.2 years |
Mississippi median age: | 38.9 years |
Males: 5,901 | (46.8%) |
Females: 6,701 | (53.2%) |
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Amite County: | 2.0 people |
Mississippi: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $34,690 ($26,033 in 1999)
This county: | $34,690 |
Mississippi: | $52,719 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $463 (lower quartile is $267, upper quartile is $600)
This county: | $463 |
State: | $656 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $98,361 (it was $51,200 in 2000)
Amite: | $98,361 |
Mississippi: | $162,500 |
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $992
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $293
Institutionalized population: 116
Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 2
- Rapes: 0
- Robberies: 0
- Assaults: 7
- Burglaries: 11
- Thefts: 4
- Auto thefts: 9
Crime in 2000 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 1
- Rapes: 1
- Robberies: 4
- Assaults: 1
- Burglaries: 0
- Thefts: 2
- Auto thefts: 0
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 0 buildings
- 2021: 0 buildings
- 2020: 0 buildings
- 2019: 0 buildings
- 2018: 0 buildings
- 2017: 1 building, cost: $130,000
- 2016: 1 building, cost: $58,000
- 2015: 0 buildings
- 2014: 1 building, cost: $80,000
- 2013: 0 buildings
- 2012: 0 buildings
- 2011: 0 buildings
- 2010: 0 buildings
- 2009: 0 buildings
- 2008: 0 buildings
- 2007: 1 building, cost: $75,000
- 2006: 1 building, cost: $107,900
- 2005: 1 building, cost: $50,000
- 2004: 2 buildings, average cost: $49,900
- 2003: 3 buildings, average cost: $73,300
- 2002: 2 buildings, average cost: $52,700
- 2001: 1 building, cost: $120,000
- 2000: 4 buildings, average cost: $62,800
- 1999: 3 buildings, average cost: $57,700
- 1998: 1 building, cost: $47,700
- 1997: 0 buildings
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $801 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $320 (0.4%)
Amite County: | 27.0% |
Mississippi: | 19.1% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 49.2 years old
(Males: 49.3 years old, Females: 49.0 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 51.1 years old, Black residents: 44.4 years old, American Indian residents: 74.6 years old, Other race residents: 56.3 years old)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Amite County is $409 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $455 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $550 a month.
Neighboring counties: Early County, Georgia , Washington Parish, Louisiana , Irwin County, Georgia , Jeff Davis County, Georgia , Lowndes County, Georgia , Grimes County, Texas , Randolph County, Georgia , Walker County, Texas .
Here: | 3.6% |
Mississippi: | 2.6% |
Current college students: 392
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%
Number of foreign born residents: 26 (13.4% naturalized citizens)
Amite County: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 2.2% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 142010 or later
- 82000 to 2009
- 41990 to 1999
- 51980 to 1989
- 111970 to 1979
- 29Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): ) minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 71.6%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,544
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 31
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 28
- 10 to 19: 6
- 20 or more: 84
- Mobile homes: 2,653
Housing units in Amite County with a mortgage: 1,165 (88 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 62 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 25
Here: | 3.8% with mortgage |
State: | 97.5% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Amite County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 4,715 | 27 |
Black Protestant | 1,330 | 9 |
Other | 397 | 2 |
Mainline Protestant | 201 | 5 |
Catholic | 48 | 1 |
None | 6,440 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Amite County: | 2.25 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 2.08 / 10,000 pop. |
Amite County: | 6.00 / 10,000 pop. |
Mississippi: | 6.36 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.75 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 5.03 / 10,000 pop. |
Amite County: | 13.6% |
Mississippi: | 12.3% |
Amite County: | 37.3% |
State: | 33.1% |
Here: | 14.3% |
State: | 14.4% |
Agriculture in Amite County:
Average size of farms: 250 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $48,523
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $48.87
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 97.70%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $37,579
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 9.12%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $28,821
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 94.25%
Average age of principal farm operators: 58 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 12.97
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 14.25%
Corn for grain: 350 harvested acres
Vegetables: 25 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 25 acres
Earthquake activity:
Amite County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Mississippi state average. It is 152% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 10/24/1997 at 08:35:17, a magnitude 4.9 (4.8 MB, 4.2 MS, 4.9 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 211.1 miles away from Amite County center
On 5/17/2012 at 08:12:00, a magnitude 4.8 (4.8 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 214.2 miles away from the county center
On 1/18/1999 at 07:00:53, a magnitude 4.8 (4.8 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 259.6 miles away from the county center
On 3/25/1976 at 00:41:20, a magnitude 5.0 (4.9 MB, 5.0 LG, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 309.1 miles away from the county center
On 11/7/2004 at 11:20:21, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 198.2 miles away from Amite County center
On 5/6/2018 at 16:47:09, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 263.8 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: April 22, 2020 - April 23, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4551-MS: July 9, 2020, FEMA Id: 4551, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
- Mississippi Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4528, Natural disaster type: Other
- Mississippi Tropical Storm Isaac, Incident Period: August 26, 2012 to September 11, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3348: August 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3348, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
- Mississippi Hurricane Isaac, Incident Period: August 26, 2012 to September 11, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4081: August 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 4081, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Mississippi Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: March 25, 2009 to March 28, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1837: May 12, 2009, FEMA Id: 1837, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- Mississippi Hurricane Gustav, Incident Period: August 28, 2008 to September 08, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1794: September 22, 2008, FEMA Id: 1794, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Mississippi Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 14, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1604: August 29, 2005, FEMA Id: 1604, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
- Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: April 06, 2003 to April 25, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1459: April 24, 2003, FEMA Id: 1459, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- Mississippi Tropical Storm Isidore, Incident Period: September 23, 2002 to October 06, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1436: October 01, 2002, FEMA Id: 1436, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
- 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
- 7 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Amite County (17) is near the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 14
Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Tornadoes: 7, Floods: 6, Storms: 6, Hurricanes: 5, Heavy Rains: 2, Tropical Storms: 2, Winds: 2, Drought: 1, Freeze: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,584 (77.1%)
- Carpooled: 156 (7.6%)
- Bus: 12 (0.6%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 8 (0.4%)
- Walked: 51 (2.5%)
- Worked at home: 275 (13.4%)
- Health care and social assistance (28%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Manufacturing (9%)
- Retail trade (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care and social assistance (32%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Manufacturing (10%)
- Retail trade (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Transportation occupations (27%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (13%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (11%)
- Production occupations (11%)
- Material moving occupations (8%)
- Management occupations (7%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (5%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (28%)
- Management occupations (12%)
- Healthcare support occupations (12%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (6%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (6%)
- Jamaica (36%)
- Mexico (21%)
- Morocco (18%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Cuba (4%)
- United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland (0%)
- England (0%)
- American (14%)
- Irish (8%)
- English (7%)
- Italian (2%)
- French (except Basque) (2%)
- German (2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2%)
39 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
24 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
6.73% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($42,681 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 6.73% |
Mississippi average: | 6.85% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.61% relocated from other counties in Mississippi ($22,442 average AGI)
3.12% relocated from other states ($20,239 average AGI)
Amite County: 3.12% Mississippi average: 2.80%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Pike County, MS | 1.98% ($46,235 average AGI) |
from East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 0.49% ($73,500) |
5.63% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($42,912 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 5.63% |
Mississippi average: | 7.03% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.56% relocated to other counties in Mississippi ($27,925 average AGI)
2.07% relocated to other states ($14,982 average AGI)
Amite County: 2.07% Mississippi average: 2.99%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Pike County, MS | 1.63% ($38,667 average AGI) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 12.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.0
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 6.5%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 2,759 (2,104 aged, 655 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 495 (16%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Amite County, Mississippi in 1999 - 2019:
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (216)
- Hypertensive heart disease without (congestive) heart failure (188)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (171)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (39)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (27)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (11)
- Congestive heart failure (10)
- Hypertensive heart disease with (congestive) heart failure (10)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,102
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 7
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 45
Crimes per 100,000 population in 1996: 1
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,602- Male householders: 2,926 (1,333 living alone), Female householders: 3,044 (905 living alone)
2,490 spouses (2,490 opposite-sex spouses), 117 unmarried partners, (117 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 3,155 children (2,799 natural, 16 adopted, 318 stepchildren), 296 grandchildren, 64 brothers or sisters, 58 parents, 0 foster children, 275 other relatives, 118 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 122
Size of family households: 2,049 2-persons, 722 3-persons, 590 4-persons, 231 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,245 1-person, 145 2-persons.
1,290 married couples with children.
931 single-parent households (110 men, 821 women).
99.8% of residents of Amite speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (20% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 71% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $81,139,000 ($6,047 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,890,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $35,332,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $19,294,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $347,000
Federal grants: $21,063,000
Federal procurement contracts: $977,000 ($29,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,126,000 ($590,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $268,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,521,000
Federal Government insurance: $531,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 845Here: | 63 per 1000 residents |
State: | 78 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 783
Here: | 58 per 1000 residents |
State: | 51 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +5
Here: | +0 per 1000 residents |
State: | +4 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -204
Here: | -15 per 1000 residents |
State: | -4 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.39 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Here: | 5.5 |
State: | 6.3 |
Here: | 5.3 |
State: | 4.8 |
- Year house built in Amite County, Mississippi
- 1202020 or later
- 5882010 to 2019
- 9552000 to 2009
- 1,0181990 to 1999
- 1,1511980 to 1989
- 1,7141970 to 1979
- 6581960 to 1969
- 5691950 to 1959
- 2111940 to 1949
- 2141939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Amite County, Mississippi
- 01 room
- 602 rooms
- 4103 rooms
- 5524 rooms
- 1,3485 rooms
- 1,3056 rooms
- 3307 rooms
- 4018 rooms
- 4679+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Amite County, Mississippi
- 01 room
- 342 rooms
- 1083 rooms
- 2264 rooms
- 2445 rooms
- 2326 rooms
- 447 rooms
- 958 rooms
- 1379+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Amite County, Mississippi
- 0no bedroom
- 911 bedroom
- 1,1432 bedrooms
- 2,9833 bedrooms
- 5724 bedrooms
- 425+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Amite County, Mississippi
- 0no bedroom
- 831 bedroom
- 2122 bedrooms
- 6503 bedrooms
- 954 bedrooms
- 835+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Amite County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 273no vehicle
- 1,7361 vehicle
- 1,9582 vehicles
- 5463 vehicles
- 2774 vehicles
- 1075+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Amite County in renter-occupied apartments
- 185no vehicle
- 4931 vehicle
- 3082 vehicles
- 1063 vehicles
- 04 vehicles
- 165+ vehicles
91.1% of Amite County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Mississippi.
Amite County: | 91.1% |
State average: | 88.9% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9,375
- Other state: 3,186
- Northeast: 66
- Midwest: 63
- South: 2,804
- West: 241
- 66.4%Electricity
- 23.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 8.0%Utility gas
- 1.8%Wood
- 0.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 73.6%Electricity
- 11.2%Utility gas
- 7.6%Wood
- 6.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.8%Other fuel
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 38.1% |
Mississippi: | 16.1% |
Here: | 33.0% |
Mississippi: | 14.6% |
Here: | 8.0% |
Mississippi: | 12.8% |
Amite County government finances - Expenditure in 2017:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $884,000
Other: $220,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $2,955,000
Police Protection: $878,000
Solid Waste Management: $725,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $716,000
Central Staff Services: $716,000
Financial Administration: $538,000
Health - Other: $395,000
Correctional Institutions: $386,000
General Public Buildings: $269,000
Local Fire Protection: $223,000
Natural Resources - Other: $78,000
General - Other: $26,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Other Higher Education: $396,000
Other - Libraries: $92,000
Other - Central Staff Services: $25,000
Other - Health - Other: $25,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $6,000
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $459,000
General Revenue - Other: $190,000
Interest Earnings: $75,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Correctional Institutions: $124,000
Solid Waste Management: $11,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $7,501,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $643,000
General Local Government Support: $459,000
Other: $407,000
Health and Hospitals: $137,000
- Tax - Property: $3,944,000
Other License: $7,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $1,775,000
Amite County government finances - Revenue in 2017:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $884,000
Other: $220,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $2,955,000
Police Protection: $878,000
Solid Waste Management: $725,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $716,000
Central Staff Services: $716,000
Financial Administration: $538,000
Health - Other: $395,000
Correctional Institutions: $386,000
General Public Buildings: $269,000
Local Fire Protection: $223,000
Natural Resources - Other: $78,000
General - Other: $26,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Other Higher Education: $396,000
Other - Libraries: $92,000
Other - Central Staff Services: $25,000
Other - Health - Other: $25,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $6,000
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $459,000
General Revenue - Other: $190,000
Interest Earnings: $75,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Correctional Institutions: $124,000
Solid Waste Management: $11,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $7,501,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $643,000
General Local Government Support: $459,000
Other: $407,000
Health and Hospitals: $137,000
- Tax - Property: $3,944,000
Other License: $7,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $1,775,000
Amite County government finances - Debt in 2017:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $884,000
Other: $220,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $2,955,000
Police Protection: $878,000
Solid Waste Management: $725,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $716,000
Central Staff Services: $716,000
Financial Administration: $538,000
Health - Other: $395,000
Correctional Institutions: $386,000
General Public Buildings: $269,000
Local Fire Protection: $223,000
Natural Resources - Other: $78,000
General - Other: $26,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Other Higher Education: $396,000
Other - Libraries: $92,000
Other - Central Staff Services: $25,000
Other - Health - Other: $25,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $6,000
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $459,000
General Revenue - Other: $190,000
Interest Earnings: $75,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Correctional Institutions: $124,000
Solid Waste Management: $11,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $7,501,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $643,000
General Local Government Support: $459,000
Other: $407,000
Health and Hospitals: $137,000
- Tax - Property: $3,944,000
Other License: $7,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $1,775,000
Amite County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2017:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $884,000
Other: $220,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $2,955,000
Police Protection: $878,000
Solid Waste Management: $725,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $716,000
Central Staff Services: $716,000
Financial Administration: $538,000
Health - Other: $395,000
Correctional Institutions: $386,000
General Public Buildings: $269,000
Local Fire Protection: $223,000
Natural Resources - Other: $78,000
General - Other: $26,000
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Other Higher Education: $396,000
Other - Libraries: $92,000
Other - Central Staff Services: $25,000
Other - Health - Other: $25,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health and Hospitals: $6,000
- Miscellaneous - Fines and Forfeits: $459,000
General Revenue - Other: $190,000
Interest Earnings: $75,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Correctional Institutions: $124,000
Solid Waste Management: $11,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $7,501,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $643,000
General Local Government Support: $459,000
Other: $407,000
Health and Hospitals: $137,000
- Tax - Property: $3,944,000
Other License: $7,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $1,775,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 807
- Number of aged recipients: 127
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 680
- Number of recipients under 18: 88
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 478
- Number of recipients older than 64: 241
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 354
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 332
Most common first names in Amite County, MS among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
James | 85 | 72.5 years |
John | 85 | 72.7 years |
Willie | 85 | 73.9 years |
Mary | 78 | 78.1 years |
Robert | 64 | 74.1 years |
William | 64 | 73.2 years |
George | 50 | 73.8 years |
Thomas | 45 | 76.5 years |
Henry | 40 | 80.4 years |
Charles | 28 | 75.6 years |
Most common last names in Amite County, MS among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Jackson | 102 | 75.5 years |
Whittington | 69 | 75.3 years |
Robinson | 62 | 75.1 years |
Smith | 58 | 75.8 years |
Anderson | 55 | 74.1 years |
Williams | 50 | 77.1 years |
Brown | 44 | 77.0 years |
Bates | 43 | 74.2 years |
Jones | 38 | 69.6 years |
Johnson | 37 | 77.8 years |
Businesses in Amite County, MS
- Circle K: 1
- La-Z-Boy: 1