Leake County, Mississippi (MS)

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• • 10,00546.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 8,28338.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,4086.6%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1,0985.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4552.1%Two or more races
  • 700.3%Asian alone

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 9
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 46
• Burglaries: 59
• Thefts: 78
• Auto thefts: 18

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 45
• Burglaries: 53
• Thefts: 75
• Auto thefts: 14

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,046 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $566 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Leake County is $386 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $455 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $547 a month.

Cities in this county include: Carthage, Standing Pine, Walnut Grove, Redwater, Lena.

Neighboring counties: Bibb County, Georgia , Bleckley County, Georgia , Burke County, Georgia , Lauderdale County , Noxubee County , Upson County, Georgia .

Current college students: 436
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 527 (6.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 4682010 or later
• 982000 to 2009
• 81990 to 1999
• 251980 to 1989
• 61970 to 1979
• 34Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 6,247
• One, attached: 71
• Two: 99
• 3 or 4: 167
• 5 to 9: 175
• 10 to 19: 19
• 20 or more: 63
• Mobile homes: 2,352

Housing units in Leake County with a mortgage: 2,004 (100 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 86 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 54

Religion statistics for Leake County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Leake County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: April 12, 2020, FEMA Id: 4536, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• 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 and Flooding, Incident Period: March 09, 2016 to March 29, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4268: March 25, 2016, FEMA Id: 4268, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 28, 2014 to May 03, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4175: April 30, 2014, FEMA Id: 4175, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 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 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 Hurricane Dennis, Incident Period: July 10, 2005 to July 15, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1594: July 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 1594, 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 Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Incident Period: November 24, 2001 to December 17, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1398: December 07, 2001, FEMA Id: 1398, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado
• 8 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.26% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($34,088 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.33% relocated from other counties in Mississippi ($28,840 average AGI)
0.93% relocated from other states ($5,248 average AGI)

Leake County:	0.93%
Mississippi average:	2.80%

from Scott County, MS	1.14% ($39,654 average AGI)
from Neshoba County, MS	0.76% ($30,019)
from Rankin County, MS	0.71% ($47,420)
from Attala County, MS	0.54% ($32,632)
from Madison County, MS	0.45% ($38,688)
from Hinds County, MS	0.34% ($28,458)
from Newton County, MS	0.28% ($30,000)

5.39% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($39,349 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.39% relocated to other counties in Mississippi ($30,870 average AGI)
1.00% relocated to other states ($8,479 average AGI)

Leake County:	1.00%
Mississippi average:	2.99%

to Scott County, MS	0.81% ($27,947 average AGI)
to Rankin County, MS	0.66% ($49,152)
to Neshoba County, MS	0.63% ($40,591)
to Attala County, MS	0.48% ($39,382)
to Madison County, MS	0.37% ($36,000)
to Hinds County, MS	0.34% ($41,208)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 17.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 10.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 12.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Leake County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 3,551 (1,088 living alone), Female householders: 3,992 (1,067 living alone)

• 3,245 spouses (3,209 opposite-sex spouses), 461 unmarried partners, (398 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,743 children (6,498 natural, 84 adopted, 163 stepchildren), 1,036 grandchildren, 406 brothers or sisters, 180 parents, 5 foster children, 450 other relatives, 573 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 463

Size of family households: 2,520 2-persons, 1,261 3-persons, 743 4-persons, 341 5-persons, 136 6-persons, 145 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,157 1-person, 130 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 51 4-persons, 26 5-persons.

2,010 married couples with children.
1,433 single-parent households (197 men, 1,236 women).

92.4% of residents of Leake speak English at home.
4.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 21% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
3.0% of residents speak other language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $140,073,000 ($6,280 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,440,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $57,165,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $36,766,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $749,000
Federal grants: $40,018,000
Federal procurement contracts: $683,000 ($14,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,692,000 ($549,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $490,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $12,033,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,798,000

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

Here:	+38 per 1000 residents
State:	-4 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.91 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Leake County, Mississippi
• 262020 or later
• 6052010 to 2019
• 1,1462000 to 2009
• 1,4611990 to 1999
• 1,4151980 to 1989
• 1,9271970 to 1979
• 1,0461960 to 1969
• 5641950 to 1959
• 4931940 to 1949
• 2531939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Leake County, Mississippi

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Leake County, Mississippi
• 101 room
• 172 rooms
• 2873 rooms
• 9024 rooms
• 9605 rooms
• 1,4176 rooms
• 1,0667 rooms
• 6378 rooms
• 5409+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Leake County, Mississippi
• 1081 room
• 72 rooms
• 2133 rooms
• 5084 rooms
• 3455 rooms
• 2936 rooms
• 1677 rooms
• 568 rooms
• 489+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Leake County, Mississippi

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Leake County, Mississippi
• 12no bedroom
• 521 bedroom
• 8892 bedrooms
• 3,5873 bedrooms
• 1,0684 bedrooms
• 1675+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Leake County, Mississippi
• 114no bedroom
• 1351 bedroom
• 6462 bedrooms
• 7573 bedrooms
• 1084 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Leake County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 383no vehicle
• 1,4151 vehicle
• 1,9252 vehicles
• 1,3943 vehicles
• 4884 vehicles
• 1855+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Leake County in renter-occupied apartments
• 293no vehicle
• 7201 vehicle
• 5852 vehicles
• 1293 vehicles
• 214 vehicles
• 95+ vehicles

91.2% of Leake County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Mississippi.

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

• This state: 17,520
• Other state: 2,911
• Northeast: 116
• Midwest: 708
• South: 1,747
• West: 340

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,041
• Number of aged recipients: 172
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 869
• Number of recipients under 18: 196
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 528
• Number of recipients older than 64: 317
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 492
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 415