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History of Iuka
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Population (year
2000): 3,059,
Est. Population in July 2002: 3,012 (-1.5% change)
Males: 1,330 (43.5%), Females: 1,729 (56.5%)
Elevation: 569 feet
Latitude: 34.811N
Longitude: -88.19W
Time zone: Central Standard
County Seat: Tishomingo
Land area: 9.7
square miles
Zip code: 38852
Median resident
age: 44.9 years
Median household income: $24,082 (year 2000)
Median house value: $61,000 (year 2000)
Iuka, MS residents, houses, and apartments details
Races
in Iuka:
- White Non-Hispanic (90.6%)
- Black (7.1%)
- Hispanic (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
- Other race (0.6%)
Ancestries: United
States (24.7%), Irish (9.7%), German (6.7%), English (5.2%),
Scottish (3.3%), French (1.9%).
- High school or higher: 61.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher:
14.0%
- Graduate or professional
degree: 5.6%
- Unemployed: 7.2%
- Mean travel time to work:
17.8 minutes
For population 15 years and over in
Iuka city
- Never married: 17.1%
- Now married: 49.0%
- Separated: 3.5%
- Widowed: 17.2%
- Divorced: 13.2%
0.9% Foreign born
Nearest city with
pop. 50,000+:
Jackson, TN
(71.3 miles, pop. 59,643).
Nearest city with
pop. 200,000+:
Memphis, TN
(123.8 miles, pop. 650,100).
Nearest city with
pop. 1,000,000+:
Chicago, IL
(487.5 miles, pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities:
Burnsville, MS
(8.4 miles),
Waterloo, AL
(11.6 miles),
Tishomingo, MS
(12.4 miles),
Glen, MS
(15.7 miles),
Cherokee, AL
(16.0 miles),
Farmington, MS
(18.3 miles),
Belmont, MS
(21.0 miles),
Golden, MS
(22.4 miles).
Single-family new house
construction building permits:
-
1996: 3 buildings, average cost: $73,300
-
1997: 3 buildings, average cost: $73,300
-
1998: 3 buildings, average cost: $73,300
-
1999: 3 buildings, average cost: $73,300
-
2000: 3 buildings, average cost: $73,300
-
2001: 3 buildings, average cost: $73,300
-
2002: 3 buildings, average cost: $73,300
-
2003: 3 buildings, average cost: $73,300
Area code: 662
New: Iuka, Mississippi business
data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers,
restaurants...
Industries
providing employment: Manufacturing (24.7%), Educational, health
and social services (17.4%), Retail trade (14.9%)
Crime in Iuka (2002):
-
0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
-
0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
-
9 robberies (291.5 per 100,000)
-
1 assault (32.4 per 100,000)
-
31 burglaries (1003.9 per 100,000)
-
9 larceny counts (291.5 per 100,000)
-
3 auto thefts (97.2 per 100,000)
-
City-data.com crime index = 185.4 (higher means more crime,
US average = 330.6)
Crime
in Iuka (2001):
- 0
murders (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 rapes
(0.0 per 100,000)
- 3
robberies (97.6 per 100,000)
- 2
assaults (65.1 per 100,000)
- 28
burglaries (911.2 per 100,000)
- 7
larceny counts (227.8 per 100,000)
- 3 auto
thefts (97.6 per 100,000)
- City-data.com
crime index = 123.6 (higher means more crime)
Average weather
in Iuka, Mississippi
Based on data
reported by over 4,000 weather stations
|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
Average temp. (°F) |
37.1 |
40.9 |
49.7 |
57.9 |
66.1 |
73.8 |
77.8 |
76.7 |
70.4 |
58.8 |
49.3 |
40.4 |
|
High temperature (°F) |
47.2 |
52.3 |
61.8 |
71.1 |
78.0 |
85.1 |
88.9 |
88.5 |
82.8 |
72.7 |
61.2 |
50.9 |
|
Low temperature (°F) |
26.9 |
29.5 |
37.6 |
44.7 |
54.1 |
62.5 |
66.7 |
64.8 |
58.0 |
44.8 |
37.3 |
29.8 |
|
Precipitation (in) |
5.2 |
4.7 |
6.7 |
5.2 |
6.0 |
4.0 |
4.5 |
3.8 |
4.1 |
3.5 |
5.7 |
6.6 |
Normal climate
around Iuka, Mississippi
Based on data
reported by main weather stations
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|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
Days with precip |
11 |
10 |
11 |
9 |
11 |
10 |
9 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
11 |
|
Wind speed (mph) |
8.0 |
8.5 |
8.7 |
8.2 |
7.0 |
6.1 |
5.6 |
5.4 |
6.3 |
6.3 |
7.3 |
7.9 |
|
Morning humidity (%) |
82 |
80 |
80 |
83 |
87 |
88 |
90 |
91 |
89 |
87 |
84 |
82 |
|
Afternoon humidity (%) |
69 |
66 |
61 |
60 |
64 |
64 |
65 |
65 |
64 |
62 |
66 |
69 |
|
Sunshine (%) |
52 |
53 |
60 |
72 |
72 |
74 |
74 |
73 |
71 |
63 |
52 |
46 |
|
Days clear of clouds |
8 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
14 |
9 |
8 |
|
Partly cloudy days |
6 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
12 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
|
Cloudy days |
17 |
15 |
16 |
12 |
13 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
11 |
15 |
18 |
|
Snowfall (in) |
1.4 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
Other
sources of information:
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the links to other sites are not guaranteed for accuracy or
timeliness. The housing and residents data has been compiled from
multiple government and commercial sources.
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