In Mississippi, your dollars go further due to a cost of living that ranges about 10 percent below the national average. The most recent cost of living composite statistics - which reflect the price of grocery items, housing, utilities, transportation, health care and miscellaneous goods and services - show the Jackson, Mississippi MSA at 92.4, according to the ACCRA Cost of Living Index for Second Quarter 2001. The national average is 100. The chart below demonstrates how Mississippi compares to the National averages.
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Mississippi |
United States |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$71,400 |
$119,600 |
| Households, 2000 |
1,046,434 |
105,480,101 |
| Persons per household, 2000 |
2.63 |
2.59 |
| Median household money income, 1999 |
$31,330 |
$41,994 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 |
$15,853 |
$21,587 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
19.9% |
12.4% |
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