This report presents statistical and historical data on Mississippi's community and junior colleges as of 1996-97. The first section provides a list of state board members and board staff, a directory of community and junior colleges in the state, a map of college districts, a schedule of college board of trustees meetings, and a brief foreword. The second section presents data on enrollment in the state's public community and junior colleges, including 10-year enrollment trends from 1987 to 1996 and credit and total enrollment by institution by campus, non-credit enrollment by college, credit enrollment by county by college, and credit enrollment by race by college for fall 1996. The third section highlights 1996-97 system finances, including a comparison of revenue by source and expenditure by program, as well as data on county tax support, student fees and charges per semester, education and general expenditures by function and object, auxiliary enterprise revenues and expenditures, and expenditures per full-time equivalent student by function. The final section features data on program completion by sex for 1995-96, academic faculty salaries for 1997-98, faculty average salary versus regional average salary from 1985 through 1997, learning resources by school for 1996-97, dormitory utilization as of fall 1996, and transportation services by college for fall 1996. (BCY)