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Forrest County, MS

78,435 Population
466 square miles 168.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,303 ±$3,842 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $32,749 ±$563
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$48,298 ±$3,559 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $59,127 ±$1,560
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.2% ±6% (15,601  ±4,384) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 17.8% 507,719 (±0.8% / ±23,283)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.2 minutes ±1.1 (727,130  ±43,085) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

31,224 ±964 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,176,690 ±8,112
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (73,655  ±121) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,855,600
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.1% ±1.7% (695  ±373) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 41,094 (±0.6% / ±3,992)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

33,980 ±56 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,359,223 ±158
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$184,200 ±$19,267 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $186,500 ±$3,787
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.2% ±3.4% (10,265  ±2,658.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 310,194 (±0.6% / ±16,408.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.4% ±7.6% (43,411  ±3,729.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 88% 1,745,605 (±1.1% / ±22,402.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.7% ±4.5% (15,068  ±2,164.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 27% 535,919 (±0.6% / ±12,398.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.6% (2,857  ±1,313) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.7% 79,645
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.7% ±1.6% (3,445  ±952) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.3% 141,422 (±0.3% / ±6,255)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,445 Total veterans ±952 2,970 Male ±785 475 Female ±353

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