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As of Nov. 3, 2006 there were 32,799 temporary housing units (travel trailers and mobile homes) in service. These units are being returned to FEMA at an average of 250 units per week. As of March 2008 there are about 14,000 trailers left with FEMA trying to get those people out ASAP with only 800 housing options available.FEMA has talked about locking people out of their trailers despite the lack of housing.
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People MapStats |
Hancock County |
Mississippi |
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Population, 2005 estimate |
46,711 |
2,921,088 |
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Persons 65 years old and over, 2004 |
6,802 |
352,867 |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2004 |
14.8% |
12.2% |
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White persons, 2004 (a) |
41,608 |
1,780,313 |
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Black persons, 2004 (a) |
3,139 |
1,068,990 |
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Black persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
6.8% |
36.8% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
17.3% |
16.9% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
10,776 |
607,570 |
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Personal income, 2004 ($1000) |
1,118,054 |
71,122,091 |
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Personal income per capita, 2004 |
$24,359 |
$24,518 |
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Unemployment, 2005 |
2,265 |
106,018 |
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Unemployment rate, 2005 |
10.6% |
7.9% |
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Average earnings per job, 2004 |
$35,091 |
$33,423 |
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Land area, 2000 (square miles) |
477 |
46,907 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 |
8.7% |
2.7% |
There are 400,000 storm damaged or destroyed homes as a result of Katrina. If we adopted the age old tradition of "barn building" - we would not need outside volunteers. We would have 400,000 Mississippi and Louisiana volunteers!
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People are coming back
Coastal counties gain
By RYAN LaFONTAINE
rlafontaine@sunherald.com March 2008
BAY ST. LOUIS --
The six South Mississippi counties are among the top 15 fastest-growing counties in the state, according to new population estimates being released today.
But as a whole, Mississippi grew slightly. Just under 20,000 people moved to the state between July 2006 and July 2007, increasing the state's population by a slim 0.7 percent.
Last year's population estimates suggested Pearl River County was one of the nation's top 10 fastest-growing counties.
Pearl River witnessed a housing explosion after Hurricane Katrina with more than 2,000 taxable homes added to county tax rolls.
Last year, the county's growth slowed a bit, but the population still increased by 1.3 percent.
According to the government, more than 32,000 people fled the three Coast counties after the storm, but between July 2006 and July 2007, about 6,000 returned.
Hancock County grew by 2 percent, the most significant percentage increase among the three coastal counties.
It might not seem like a dramatic jump, but considering the Census Bureau could not even offer estimates for Hancock's two incorporated cities in 2006 because they were still so storm battered, a 2 percent increase is a big improvement.
"A lot of the things that the county has tried to do were in hopes that folks would start coming back and I think this is proof that it's working," Hancock County Administrator Tim Kellar said.
The Hancock County Chamber of Commerce commissioned an independent population survey about seven months after Katrina, which suggested more than 26 percent of the county's pre-storm residents had not returned.
At the time, almost 3,000 Waveland residents were gone, Bay St. Louis lacked about 1,500 people, and countywide, more than 13,000 had not returned.
The county's total population after the storm was about 34,000.
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau says 39,687 people live in Hancock County.
"It is a very good increase and it's a lot more than the state average," said Barbara Logue, senior demographer at the Center for Policy Research and Planning. "I'm not surprised. I expected they would come back, it was only a matter of when."
For the rest of the article:
http://www.sunherald.com/278/story/442107.html
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Population shifts due to Katrina
The six southernmost counties in Mississippi lost 6,125 students between last year and this year, with the greatest gap in Biloxi, which lost nearly 1,500 students. Click here for full story
The Hancock County School District reports "Overall, the district has 93 percent of the students it had at the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year.
Click here for full story
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AmeriCorp has completed Needs Assessments by going door to door in the City of Waveland, Bay St. Louis, and Pearlington. This survey has generated 1400 cases - given the populations of Waveland, Bay St. Louis, and Pearlington - there are thousands of people who have not been surveyed. Those needing to complete an Assessment need to call: 228-466-8266
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The City of Waveland reported that their Relief Office at City Hall supervised 7140 volunteer hours in July, 44 houses worked on, 4 houses completed
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| An estimated 30,000 to 60,000 people have volunteered on the Mississippi Gulf Coast since Aug. 29. Volunteers have worked at least 1.2 million hours, saving an estimated $20.4 million.
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| Of the 19,000 homes in Hancock County, Mississippi, 10,000 were damaged or destroyed by Katrina. |
| Katrina claimed 231 lives statewide. The 56 bodies recovered in Hancock County have been identified. Two undentified in Harrison and Jackson Counties. 16 from Mississippi among missing Katrina victims |
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