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DeSoto County, MS

193,247 Population
476.3 square miles 405.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,661 ±$1,808 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,807 ±$569
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$81,486 ±$5,181 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $54,203 ±$1,260
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

9.2% ±2.4% (17,772  ±4,556) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 18% 512,184 (±0.8% / ±21,949)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

26.3 minutes ±0.6 (2,273,185  ±69,388) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little higher than 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

70,666 ±1,426 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,166,617 ±7,610
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0.1 (192,676  ±41) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,845,770
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.1% ±2.1% (1,988  ±1,008) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 5.6% † 38,972 (±0.6% / ±4,001)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

77,066 ±28 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,350,552 ±165
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$275,400 ±$19,635 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$2,842
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.1% ±2.9% (21,165  ±5,498.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 10.5% 305,979 (±0.5% / ±14,727.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.6% ±5% (121,377  ±6,500.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.8% 1,737,718 (±1.1% / ±21,525.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
30.1% ±2.9% (39,078  ±3,764.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 25.5% 505,672 (±0.6% / ±11,494.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

4.7% (9,054  ±2,037) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Mississippi: 2.6% 75,165
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.5% ±1.4% (12,339  ±2,028) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 156,102 (±0.3% / ±6,129)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
12,339 Total veterans ±2,028 10,225 Male ±1,735 2,114 Female ±946

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