Kemper County, MS

County

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    US Senator
    N/ARoger Wicker
    Republican Party
    US Senator
    N/ACindy Hyde-Smith
    Republican Party

    About

    N/A of the households in Kemper County, MS reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

    Economy

    Employment by Industry Sector

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    1.38%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 1.17M people employed in Mississippi. This represents a 1.38% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

    Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 12.5%.

    The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Mississippi.

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    Payroll by Industry Sector

    The industries with the highest total annual payroll
    1. $8.1k
      Health Care and Social Assistance
    2. $7.31k
      Manufacturing
    3. $4.46k
      Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting

    The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

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    Civics

    Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith are the senators currently representing the state of Mississippi. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

    Mississippi is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

    US Senators from Mississippi

    N/ARoger Wicker
    Senator from Mississippi1
    Assumed office on December 31, 2007
    Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Trent Lott.
    N/ACindy Hyde-Smith
    Senator from Mississippi2
    Assumed office on April 9, 2018
    Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Thad Cochran.

    Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith are the senators currently representing Mississippi.

    In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

    The following chart shows elected senators in Mississippi over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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    Education

    Most students graduating from Universities in Kemper County, MS are White (465 and 50.5%), Black or African American (386 and 42%), Hispanic or Latino (21 and 2.28%), and Asian (17 and 1.85%).

    Student Diversity

    In N/A, N/A men were awarded degrees from institutions in Kemper County, MS, which is N/A times N/A than the N/A female students who received degrees in the same year.

    In 2024, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 465 degrees mean that there were 1.2 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 386 degrees awarded.

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    Housing & Living