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Harrison County, MS

210,612 Population
573.6 square miles 367.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,603 ±$1,987 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,807 ±$569
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$56,159 ±$3,766 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $54,203 ±$1,260
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15.6% ±1.8% (32,104  ±3,764) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 18% 512,184 (±0.8% / ±21,949)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.9 minutes ±1.5 (2,114,325  ±155,416) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 25.3 29,987,144 (±0.4 / ±587,559)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

86,167 ±1,876 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,166,617 ±7,610
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (205,988  ±152) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,845,770
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

7% ±2.3% (3,448  ±1,152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.6% † 38,972 (±0.6% / ±4,001)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

96,431 ±81 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,350,552 ±165
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$213,900 ±$10,279 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$2,842
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.1% ±2.4% (27,142  ±4,974.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 10.5% 305,979 (±0.5% / ±14,727.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.1% ±3.6% (129,205  ±5,203.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.8% 1,737,718 (±1.1% / ±21,525.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
28.4% ±2% (40,657  ±2,914.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 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

5.3% (11,048  ±1,544) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Mississippi: 2.6% 75,165
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

11.7% ±1.3% (18,282  ±1,977) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 156,102 (±0.3% / ±6,129)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
18,282 Total veterans ±1,977 14,488 Male ±1,556 3,794 Female ±976

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