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Grenada County, MS

21,342 Population
422.1 square miles 50.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,886 ±$2,835 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$47,998 ±$3,536 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

22.4% ±4.1% (4,664  ±858) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

21.6 minutes ±2.6 (185,725  ±24,916) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,535 ±315 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (21,049  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

8.8% ±3.8% (414  ±179) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

10,418 ±22 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$123,400 ±$14,946 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

13.3% ±3.8% (2,794  ±795.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

84.5% ±5.8% (12,327  ±877.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
23.7% ±3.5% (3,453  ±517.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.9% (197  ±186) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.5% ±1.7% (1,213  ±276) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,213 Total veterans ±276 1,028 Male ±265 185 Female ±120

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