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Harrison County, MS

213,730 Population
573.6 square miles 372.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,375 ±$2,254 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $32,749 ±$563
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$64,014 ±$4,519 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $59,127 ±$1,560
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.7% ±2.3% (32,671  ±4,790) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 17.8% 507,719 (±0.8% / ±23,283)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.1 minutes ±2.4 (2,341,790  ±239,143) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 26.4 32,189,310 (±0.3 / ±550,407)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

86,465 ±2,024 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,176,690 ±8,112
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (208,791  ±171) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,855,600
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±2.1% (2,373  ±1,066) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 41,094 (±0.6% / ±3,992)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

98,430 ±82 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,359,223 ±158
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$235,500 ±$9,430 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $186,500 ±$3,787
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.5% ±2.2% (30,702  ±4,568) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 310,194 (±0.6% / ±16,408.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.4% ±3.8% (132,258  ±5,548.3) 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)
30.7% ±2.3% (44,894  ±3,360.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 27% 535,919 (±0.6% / ±12,398.2)
  • about 80 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

5.4% (11,441  ±1,400) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Mississippi: 2.7% 79,645
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

13.8% ±1.4% (21,626  ±2,123) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 6.3% 141,422 (±0.3% / ±6,255)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
21,626 Total veterans ±2,123 17,400 Male ±1,818 4,226 Female ±1,205

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