Delta Rural Poll - Visitation to Heritage Tourism Sites in the Mississippi Delta

VISITATION TO HERITAGE TOURISM SITES
IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA

by Alan W. Barton, Ph.D.

From the 2005 Delta Rural Poll
Conducted January-February 2005

Questions addressed here:

What types of heritage sites do different groups of Mississippi Delta residents visit?
Which groups are frequent visitors to these different types of heritage sites?

Delta Residents Who Have Visited Various Heritage

Tourism Sites At Least Once in the Past Year

(Percent)

		Blues Club or Festival	Blues Museum or Other Site	Literary Museum or Site	Civil Rights Museum or Site	Historic Church	Private Hunting Club	National Park, Forest or Wildlife Refuge	State Park, Forest or Wildlife Mgmt. Area
All Respondents		32.0	22.6	17.9	26.4	22.8	15.1	30.3	52.9
Age	18 – 34	45.7	28.5	23.6	32.9	24.9	17.0	37.7	64.3
	35 – 54	39.8	27.7	18.3	32.2	23.3	15.1	30.4	56.2
	55 and Older	15.4	13.8	14.4	16.9	21.3	14.6	24.5	43.3
	Significance	***	***	**	***			**	***
Gender	Male	41.5	26.8	19.3	30.9	26.2	21.0	36.0	57.9
	Female	23.8	18.9	16.7	22.5	20.1	10.1	25.3	48.8
	Significance	***	**		**	**	***	***	**
Race	White	32.6	23.4	22.7	19.9	20.9	33.3	37.3	66.9
	Black	31.3	21.6	15.2	30.3	23.4	4.4	25.5	44.4
	Significance			**	***		***	***	***
Educational Attainment	H.S. Diploma or Less	27.1	15.2	11.0	18.9	18.8	10.4	26.4	43.6
	Some College	36.7	29.5	24.5	33.5	26.8	19.8	33.9	61.9
	Significance	***	***	***	***	**	***	**	***
Annual Income	Less Than $30,000	28.6	15.8	12.1	21.7	18.1	8.1	23.4	44.6
	$30,000 to $60,000	36.4	31.3	23.1	34.0	27.8	17.5	32.9	62.7
	More Than $60,000	38.7	31.1	26.4	38.7	25.5	34.9	49.1	78.3
	Significance	**	***	***	***	**	***	***	***
Population of Nearest Community	Rural (< 10,000)	31.4	20.6	16.6	23.2	26.9	16.5	32.0	58.8
	Micropolitan (≥ 10,000)	33.9	24.4	19.7	29.8	24.6	17.8	31.5	55.9
	Significance				*

Significance: * p ≤ 0.10 ** p ≤ 0.05 *** p ≤ 0.01

Delta Residents Who Have Visited Various Heritage

Tourism Sites At Least Six Times in the Past Year

(Percent)

Respondent Characteristics	Response Category	Blues Club or Festival	Blues Museum or Other Site	Literary Museum or Site	Civil Rights Museum or Site	Historic Church	Private Hunting Club	National Park, Forest or Wildlife Refuge	State Park, Forest or Wildlife Mgmt. Area
All Respondents		3.4	1.5	1.0	1.2	1.7	6.1	1.7	4.5
Age	18 – 34	4.3	1.9	0.5	0.5	1.9	7.1	5.2	8.5
	35 – 54	5.2	2.5	2.0	2.2	2.3	6.7	1.2	5.0
	55 and Older	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.1	5.2	0.6	1.9
	Significance	**	**	**				***	***
Gender	Male	5.9	2.2	2.0	1.7	2.9	10.3	2.9	7.0
	Female	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.6	0.9	2.6
	Significance	***	*	**		**	***	**	***
Race	White	4.7	2.2	1.4	0.3	1.1	16.3	3.1	8.2
	Black	2.6	1.1	0.7	2.0	2.1	0.3	1.0	2.6
	Significance	*			**		***	**	***
Educational Attainment	H.S. Diploma or Less	3.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.1	3.4	1.7	2.8
	Some College	3.7	2.5	1.7	1.9	2.3	8.8	1.9	6.2
	Significance		**	**	**		***		**
Annual Income	Less Than $30,000	2.7	1.1	0.2	0.4	0.4	2.0	1.6	2.7
	$30,000 to $60,000	5.3	1.9	0.9	3.3	2.4	8.0	4.3	8.1
	More Than $60,000	6.5	1.9	4.7	1.9	3.9	22.6	0.9	11.2
	Significance	*		***	**	**	***	*	***

Significance: * p ≤ 0.10 ** p ≤ 0.05 *** p ≤ 0.01