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Covington County, MS

18,226 Population
413.8 square miles 44 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$26,323 ±$3,098 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$47,001 ±$10,444 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

17.7% ±4.4% (3,173  ±780) 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)

26.1 minutes ±3.2 (191,065  ±27,693) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

7,079 ±2,348 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.8 (17,924  ±7) 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

6.9% ±4.2% (269  ±166) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

8,360 ±2,321 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$98,500 ±$17,249 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

4.9% ±1.9% (883  ±336.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

84.7% ±7.1% (10,360  ±932) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
15.9% ±3.9% (1,946  ±483.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)
  • about half 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

1.3% (245  ±177) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.3% ±1.8% (998  ±241) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
998 Total veterans ±241 974 Male ±234 24 Female ±25

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