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Benton County, MS

7,592 Population
406.6 square miles 18.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$23,870 ±$1,856 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$42,139 ±$6,159 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586
  • about half the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

17.6% ±4.9% (1,316  ±367) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

37.5 minutes ±4.3 (117,015  ±16,575) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

3,027 ±209 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.2 (7,496  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.7% ±3.5% (69  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

4,100 ±37 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$109,300 ±$8,607 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

7.6% ±3.2% (570  ±237.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

80.9% ±7.9% (4,404  ±456.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
12.1% ±3.2% (659  ±174.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.4% (488  ±196) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.1% ±2.1% (367  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
367 Total veterans ±129 290 Male ±117 77 Female ±65

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