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Situation & Outlook Report

Meridian, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area
(CBSA 32940)
Geographic-Demographic-Economic Characteristics -- access other areas
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Contents of this Report
This document is organized into these sections:
1. Recent Trends & Outlook
2. Overview & Updates
3. Reference & Thematic Pattern Maps
3.1. Lay of the Land
3.2. Neighborhood Patterns of Economic Prosperity
4. Population Characteristics & Trends
4.1. Component City Characteristics
4.2. Component County Characteristics
4.2.1. RDEMS Component County Characteristics
4.3. General Demographic Characteristics
5. Housing Characteristics & Trends
5.1. Total Housing Units
5.2. General Housing Characteristics
5.3. Residential Construction; Housing Units Authorized & Value
5.4. Housing Price Index
6. Economic Characteristics & Trends
6.1. Economic Profile
6.2. Cost of Living Indexes
6.3. Cost of Doing Business Indexes
6.4. Consumer Price Index
6.5. Gross Domestic Product
6.6. Establishments, Employment & Earnings by Type of Business
6.7. Labor Market Characteristics & Trends
7. Education Infrastructure
7.1. Component School District Characteristics
7.2. Component Higher Education Institution Characteristics
8. GeoPolitics
  Terms of Use
  Related Resources
  Using this Document
  Updates
  About Metros & Principal Cities
  Glossary


1. Recent Trends & Outlook
Summary of recent business, demographic, economic trends; year-ahead & 5-year outlook.
- the Recent Trends & Outlook section, updated quarterly, covers topics about this metro such as .. assessing the implications of next jobs report .. impact of Fed''s interest rate action .. which sectors are expanding or contracting .. housing market conditions .. insights to help your planning and decision-making. The Recent Trends & Outlook section is available in the subscription edition.

2. Overview & Update
The total population of the Meridian, MS MISA metro changed from 107,576 in 2010 to 105,895 in 2015, a change of -3,077 (-2.9%). Among all 917 metros, this metro was ranked number 361 in 2010 and 368 in 2015, based on total population. Annual net migration was -140 (2011), -616 (2012), -246 (2013), -1,166 (2014), -1,166 (2015). View annual population estimates and components of change table. See more about population characteristics below.

This metro is projected to have a total population in 2020 of 113,529. The projected population change from 2010 to 2020 is 5,981 (5.6%). The population ages 65 years and over is projected to change from 16,151 (2010) to 22,466 (2020), a change of 6,315 (39.1%). See more about population projections.

Based on per capita personal income (PCPI), this metro was ranked number 657 in 2008 and 663 in 2014. among the 917 metros for which personal income was estimated.The PCPI changed from $29,991 in 2008 to $34,257 in 2014, a change of $4,266 (14.2%). Per capita personal income (PCPI) is a comprehensive measure of individual economic well-being. Use the interactive table to compare PCPI in this metro to other metros. See more about PCPI in Economic Characteristics section below.

Attributes of driil-down, small area geography within the metro ... metros account for 65,744 of the national scope 73,056 census tracts (others are in non-metro areas). This metro is comprised of 25 tracts covering the metro wall-to-wall. View, rank, compare demographic-economic attributes of these tracts using the interactive tables. Use the CBSA code 32940; see table usage details below the table.

3. Lay of the Land & Neighborhood Patterns of Economic Prosperity   go top

3.1. Lay of the Land go top
Lay of the Land. The following map shows the metro with bold boundary.
Counties are labeled with county name and state-county FIPS code.

 
  View developed with CV XE GIS software.   See this section to learn about making custom metro maps.

3.2. Patterns of Economic Prosperity by Neighborhood go top

Median household income by census tract (see color/data legend at left of map).

 
  View developed with CV XE GIS software.   See this section to learn about making custom metro maps.

4. Population Characteristics & Trends go top
Updated monthly, quarterly, annually. Housing market conditions and extended detail Available in subscription edition.

4.1. Component City Characteristics go top
Principal Cities (about principal cities); Click link to view city profile.
  •   Meridian

Cities 10,000 population and over; click link to view city profile.
  AreaCensus
2010
July 1
2010
July 1
2011
July 1
2012
July 1
2013
July 1
2014
Change
2010-14
%Change
2010-14
  Meridian, MS (2846640) 41,148 41,130 41,128 40,830 40,680 40,196 -934 -2.30

All places interactive tables General Demographics | Social | Economic | Housing
All places time series population estimates interactive table.

4.2. Component County Characteristics   go top
Updated periodically, annually. General demographics, social characteristics and extended detail Available in subscription edition.

Metropolitan areas are defined as one or more contiguous counties based on a set of demographic-economic criteria. Counties comprising the metro are shown below. For multi-county metros, this section provides insights into how the population is changing by county. Many metros changed geographic composition (counties included in the metro) between the Census 2010 vintage and the current vintage. These changes, if any, are also shown below (county is marked with **). See projections in related section.Click county code link to view county components of change.

  AreaJuly 1
2010
PctJuly 1
2011
PctJuly 1
2012
PctJuly 1
2013
PctJuly 1
2014
PctJuly 1
2015
Pct
Metro Summary ... more details 197,069 100.0 202,628 100.0 202,375 100.0 202,173 100.0 203,483 100.0 204,275 100.0
  Clarke County (28023) 16,707 8.5 16,661 8.2 16,501 8.2 16,374 8.1 16,269 8.0 16,006 7.8
  Kemper County (28069) 10,460 5.3 10,255 5.1 10,356 5.1 10,264 5.1 10,213 5.0 9,969 4.9
  Lauderdale County (28075) 80,409 40.8 80,615 39.8 80,282 39.7 80,328 39.7 79,413 39.0 78,524 38.4

All counties interactive tables General Demographics | Social | Economic | Housing
All counties population estimates & components of change time series interactive table.

4.2.1. RDEMS County Characteristics
Updated quarterly. For more information, see RDEMS Main.
Links open HSG1 Housing & New Residential Construction section. Select other sections from list above table.
  Lauderdale County, MS

4.3. General Demographic Characteristics
Updated annually. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.
  Item20132014Change
2013-14
%Change
2013-14
Total Population: Race/Origin 103,704 105,464 1,760 1.70
  One race 0 105,042 105,042...
    White 0 58,303 58,303...
    Black/African American 0 58,303 58,303...
    American Indian/Alaska Native 0 370 370...
    Asian alone 0 830 830...
    Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0 0...
    Some other race alone 0 784 784...
  Two or more races 0 422 422...
  Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 1,700 1,884 184 10.82
Population 25 years and over 69,497 70,278 781 10.82
  % high school graduate or higher 82.8 84.7 1.9 2.29
  % bachelor's degree or higher 16.9 16.2 -0.7 -4.14
Total Households 40,820 39,485 -1,335 -4.14
  Median household income ($) 31,713 35,736 4,023 12.69
  Mean household income ($) 51,685 49,450 -2,235 -4.32
  Item20132014Change
2013-14
%Change
2013-14
Total Population: Gender & Age 103,704 105,464 1,760 1.70
  Male 50,855 51,549 694 -4.32
  Female 52,849 53,915 1,066 -4.32
  Under 5 years 6,036 6,140 104 -4.32
  5 to 9 years 6,275 7,546 1,271 20.25
  10 to 14 years 7,533 6,480 -1,053 -13.98
  15 to 19 years 6,756 7,892 1,136 16.81
  20 to 24 years 7,607 7,128 -479 -6.30
  25 to 34 years 12,128 12,567 439 3.62
  35 to 44 years 13,880 12,861 -1,019 -7.34
  45 to 54 years 13,712 14,857 1,145 8.35
  55 to 59 years 5,997 7,563 1,566 26.11
  55 to 59 years 5,997 7,563 1,566 26.11
  60 to 64 years 7,547 6,411 -1,136 -15.05
  65 to 74 years 8,951 8,963 12 0.13
  75 to 84 years 4,526 4,920 394 8.71
  85 years and over 2,756 2,136 -620 -22.50
  Median age 38.5 39.3 0.8 2.08
  18 years and over 79,864 81,026 1,162 1.45
  21 years and over 75,635 76,175 540 0.71
  62 years and over 20,915 20,119 -796 -3.81
  65 years and over 16,233 16,019 -214 -1.32

5. Housing Characteristics & Trends go top
Updated monthly, quarterly, annually. Housing market conditions and extended detail Available in subscription edition.

5.1. Total Housing Units
Updated Annually. Independent annual model-based estimates. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.
  ItemCensus
2010
July 1
2010
July 1
2011
July 1
2012
July 1
2013
July 1
2014
Change
2010-2014
%Change
2010-2014
  Total Housing Units 47,296 47,313 47,353 47,424 47,481 47,551 238 0.50

5.2. General Housing Characteristics
Updated Annually. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.
  Item20132014Change
2013-14
%Change
2013-14
Housing Units: Units in Structure 47,280 47,749 469 0.99
  1-unit, detached 30,660 32,175 1,515 4.94
  1-unit, attached 775 241 -534 -68.90
  2 units 1,862 958 -904 -48.55
  3 or 4 units 2,508 1,901 -607 -24.20
  5 to 9 units 2,111 2,098 -13 -0.62
  10 to 20 units 726 521 -205 -28.24
  20 or more units 630 1,080 450 71.43
  Item20132014Change
2013-14
%Change
2013-14
Housing Units: Occupancy & Tenure 47,280 47,749 469 0.99
  Occupied Housing Units 40,820 39,485 -1,335 -3.27
    Owner 28,045 26,535 -1,510 -5.38
    Renter 12,775 12,950 175 1.37
  Vacant Housing Units 6,460 8,264 1,804 27.93
  Homeowner vacancy rate 2.50 1.50 -1.00...
  Rental vacancy rate 11.30 6.00 -5.30...
Average household size; owner-occ 2.44 2.58 0.14 5.74
Average household size; renter-occ 2.41 2.52 0.11 4.56
Median Value $ owner occupied 81,200 77,500 -3,700 -4.56
Median Rent $ renter occupied 636 649 13 2.04

6. Economic Characteristics & Trends go top

6.1. Economic Profile go top
The Economic Profile shows shows derivation and key components of total personal income. Data are organized by place of residence and place of work. The place of residence profile includes estimates of total personal income, population, and per capita personal income. The place of work profile includes estimates of total earnings, total employment and average earnings per job. Updated annually. See related interactive table.

  Item20112012201320142015Change
2011-2015
%Change
2011-2015
Personal income 3,287,090 3,524,067 3,610,598 3,612,256 3,593,079 305,989 9.3
  Net earnings 1/ 1,860,729 2,015,701 2,121,720 2,094,019 2,026,214 165,485 8.9
  Personal current transfer receipts 951,891 957,713 973,005 996,205 1,028,435 76,544 8.0
    Income maintenance 2/ 119,075 118,772 117,533 115,628 115,855 -3,220 -2.7
    Unemployment insurance compensation 18,495 15,510 12,564 6,309 4,714 -13,781 -74.5
    Retirement and other 814,321 823,431 842,908 874,268 907,866 93,545 11.5
  Dividends, interest, and rent 3/ 474,470 550,653 515,873 522,032 538,430 63,960 13.5
  Population 4/ 107,531 107,139 106,966 105,895 104,499 -3,032 -2.8
  Per capita personal income 30,569 32,892 33,755 34,112 34,384 3,815 12.5
  Per capita net earnings 17,304 18,814 19,835 19,774 19,390 2,086 12.1
  Per capita personal current transfer receipts 8,852 8,939 9,096 9,407 9,842 990 11.2
    Per capita income maintenance 1,107 1,109 1,099 1,092 1,109 2 0.2
    Per capita unemployment insurance compensation 172 145 117 60 45 -127 -73.8
    Per capita retirement and other 7,573 7,686 7,880 8,256 8,688 1,115 14.7
  Per capita dividends, interest, and rent 4,412 5,140 4,823 4,930 5,152 740 16.8
  Earnings by place of work 2,127,084 2,305,282 2,486,030 2,436,980 2,343,138 216,054 10.2
    Wages and salaries 1,529,463 1,661,737 1,808,656 1,767,153 1,681,111 151,648 9.9
    Supplements to wages and salaries 381,570 416,194 436,795 427,653 408,234 26,664 7.0
      Employer cont. for empl. pension & insur. funds 6/ 257,772 281,522 292,595 289,956 277,500 19,728 7.7
      Employer cont. for government social insurance 123,798 134,672 144,200 137,697 130,734 6,936 5.6
    Proprietors' income 216,051 227,351 240,579 242,174 253,793 37,742 17.5
      Nonfarm proprietors' income 1,569 7,286 28,729 25,944 21,484 19,915 1269.3
      Farm proprietors' income 214,482 220,065 211,850 216,230 232,309 17,827 8.3
Total full-time and part-time employment 54,405 55,317 57,780 56,197 55,224 819 1.5
  Wage and salary jobs 43,613 45,057 47,242 45,449 44,210 597 1.4
  Number of proprietors 10,792 10,260 10,538 10,748 11,014 222 2.1
    Number of nonfarm proprietors 7/ 974 939 923 906 896 -78 -8.0
    Number of farm proprietors 9,818 9,321 9,615 9,842 10,118 300 3.1
Average earnings per job (dollars) 39,097 41,674 43,026 43,365 42,430 3,333 8.5
  Average wages and salaries 35,069 36,881 38,285 38,882 38,026 2,957 8.4
  Average nonfarm proprietors' income 21,846 23,610 22,033 21,970 22,960 1,114 5.1
Dollar items are in current dollars (not adjusted for inflation). Per capita items in dollars; other dollar items in thousands of dollars.
See related notes.

6.2. Cost of Living Indexes   go top
Updated periodically. Available in subscription edition.

6.3. Cost of Doing Business Indexes   go top
Updated periodically. Available in subscription edition.

6.4. Consumer Price Index   go top
Updated monthly. Available in subscription edition.

6.5. Gross Domestic Product by Sector   go top
Updated quarterly, annually. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table. Additional detail in subscription edition.

6.6. Establishments, Employment & Earnings by Detailed Type of Business go top
Updated quarterly. For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.

Use the following links to access detailed establishment and employment data by type of business (CSV files).
  .. see notes on using these files.
  2013Q1 .. 2013Q2 .. 2013Q3 .. 2013Q4 .|. 2014Q1 .. 2014Q2 .. 2014Q3 .. 2014Q4 .|. 2015Q1 .. 2015Q2 .. 2015Q3 .. 2015Q4 .. 2016Q1 .. 2016Q2
 
6.7. Labor Market Characteristics & Trends go top
Updated monthly. Available in subscription edition.
For more information, detail & to compare areas use interactive table.
Table shows 13 most recent months.
  ItemAug15Sep15Oct15Nov15Dec15Jan16Feb16Mar16Apr16May16Jun16Jul16Aug16
Unemplymnt Rate 7.0 7.4 7.9 7.8 8.4 8.2 7.3 6.7 6.2 7.1 8.0 7.3 6.4
Unemployment 429 458 485 477 525 514 458 408 375 436 494 450 392
Employment 5,718 5,712 5,653 5,651 5,731 5,732 5,774 5,721 5,685 5,723 5,696 5,703 5,746
Labor Force6,1476,1706,1386,1286,2566,2466,2326,1296,0606,1596,1906,1536,138

7. Education Infrastructure   go top

7.1. Component School District Characteristics   go top
Districts in this metro. Updated periodically. See related School District interactive table.
District NameCity Name District
Code
Locale
Code
CountyState2012-13
Enrollment
2013 Total
Population
Grade Relevant
Pop Ages 5-17
Enterprise School DistEnterprise 28014404328023MS 984 3,892 755
Kemper Co School DistDekalb 28023104328069MS 1,173 10,294 1,744
Lauderdale Co School DistMeridian 28024304228075MS 6,778 39,110 6,649
Meridian Public SchoolsMeridian 28029103328075MS 6,209 41,144 7,601
Quitman School DistQuitman 28037804328023MS 2,061 12,523 2,186

Number of districts: 5 ... Total enrollment: 17,205
All school districts interactive tables General Demographics | Social | Economic | Housing
All school districts enrollment & adminstratively reported data interactive table.

7.2. Component Higher Education Institution Characteristics   go top
2014-15 School Year. Extended detail Available in subscription edition.
  Institution City Name Code LevelTotal UG EnrollmentFulltime UG EnrollmentTotal Grad EnrollmentFulltime Grad Enrollment
East Mississippi Community College Scooba, MS1756523 4,127 2,538 0 0
Meridian Community College Meridian, MS1759354 3,390 2,492 0 0

  Number of institutions: 2 ... Total undergraduate enrollment: 7,517
  Levels: 3-Assoc degree, 4-at least 2, but < 4 years, 5-Bach degree, 6-Postbacc cert, 7 Masters degree, 8 Post-masters cert, 9 Doctors degree

8. GeoPolitics   go top
Updated periodically. Voting patterns, citizen voting age population, state legislative districts, congressional districts .. in this metro.
Available in subscription edition.

Notes
  • All data are for current vintage county and metro definition.
  • Developed by ProximityOne -- Metro Reports (888-364-7656)
  • Data sources: ProximityOne, Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Housing Finance Agency,
    National Center for Education Statistics.

Updates go top
The subscription edition updates frequently. Selected items are listed below. Register to receive update notifications.
  • Overview lead narrative; quarterly & annual/March.
  • Housing Price Index (section 5.4) quarterly.
  • Establishments, employment & earnings (section 6.6) quarterly.
  • Economic profile and personal income (section 6.1) annual/November.
  • Labor market situation (section 6.7) monthly.
  • Residential construction; units authorized & value (section 5.3.) monthly.
  • Population by county; annual series 2010-2016 (section 4.2.) annual/July.
  • Population by county; links for individual counties (section 4.2.) annual/July.
      -- includes annual data 2010-2016.
      -- includes components of change; race/origin; single year of age; age group summaries.
  • Total population and components of change; annual/March.
  • Census tracts overview section; annual/December.
  • General Demographics section updated/extended; annual/December.
  • Gross Domestic Product section; annual/September.
  • Higher education institutions; annual/February.
  • Metro & county demographic component detailed annual estimates; annual/March.
  • School districts in metro & K-12 enrollment; annual/August.
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Terms of Use go top
Situation & Outlook Reports are a proprietary resource developed by ProximityOne. There is no warranty of any type associated with any aspect of this report. The user of this document is solely responsible to any use, direct or indirect, that might be made of this document.

Related Resources go top
  • Metros main page
  • Current estimates and projections: states to 2030, counties & metros to 2020 by age, counties & states to 2060.
  • Making Custom Metropolitan Area Maps
  • Rental Market Conditions by Metropolitan Area
  • Metro Gross Domestic Product
  • Housing Price Index
  • Establishments, Employment & Earnings
  • Regional Economic Information System
  • ACS 2014 1-year General Demographics ... Social Characteristics ... Economic Characteristics ... Housing Characteristics

Using this Document go top
The Situation & Outlook Report, a component of the Situation & Outlook, is a core ProximityOne information resource providing insights into characteristics and trends of counties, metropolitan areas, states and the U.S. The Report also provides a gateway to drill-down demographic, economic and business data for smaller geographic areas.

Metropolitan areas include approximately 94 percent of the U.S. population -- 85 percent in metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and 9 percent in micropolitan statistical areas (MISAs).

About Metropolitan Areas & Principal Cities -- scroll section go top
Metropolitan Areas are designated by OMB ("Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas") based mainly on Census Bureau-sourced data. Metropolitan areas are defined as Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) and Micropolitan Statistical Areas (MISA). MSAs and MISAs are also referred to a Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs). Contiguous CBSAs are defined as Combined Statistical Areas (CSA).

By definition, metropolitan areas are comprised of one or more contiguous counties. Metropolitan areas are not single cities and typically include many cities. Metropolitan areas are comprised of urban and rural areas and often have large expanses of rural territory. A business and demographic-economic synergy exists within each metro; metros often interact with adjacent metros. The demographic-economic make-up of metros vary widely and change often. See more about metros.

Principal Cities. The largest city in each metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area is designated a "principal city." Principal cities are designated by OMB based on Census-sourced data. Additional cities qualify as principal cities if specified requirements are met concerning population size and employment. The title of each metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area consists of the names of up to three of its principal cities and the name of each state into which the metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area extends. Titles of metropolitan divisions also typically are based on principal city names but in certain cases consist of county names.

One or more principal cities are designated within each Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and Micropolitan Statistical Area (MISA). The term "principal city" is defined in the OMB "Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas." A principal city is an OMB designation applied to one or more incorporated places and/or census designated places (CDPs). The OMB standards designate a Principal City (or Cities) of a Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA) as determined by:
  a) The largest incorporated place with a 2010 Census population of at least 10,000 in the CBSA or,
        if no incorporated place of at least 10,000 population is present in the CBSA,
        the largest incorporated place or census designated place in the CBSA; and
  b) Additional places with 2010 Census population of at least 250,000 or in which 100,000 or more persons work; and
  c) Additional places with 2010 Census population of 50,000-250,000,
        and number of workers working in the place meets or exceeds the number of workers living in the place; and
  d) Additional places with 2010 Census population of 10,000-50,000, and at least one-third the population size of the largest place,
        and in which the number of workers working in the place meets or exceeds the number of workers living in the place.

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