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Amory, MS

6,564 Population
12.5 square miles 523.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±4.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Monroe County: 41.6 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$28,163 ±$3,137 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Monroe County: $28,411 ±$1,616
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$51,592 ±$6,633 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Monroe County: $51,231 ±$2,828
  • a little less than the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

16.6% ±5.4% (1,027  ±337) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 16.7% † 5,494 (±2.4% / ±786)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

18.4 minutes ±2.5 (52,215  ±9,755) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 23.4 302,650 (±0.8 / ±18,379)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

2,627 ±213 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 13,673 ±436
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.4 ±0.2 (6,289  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Monroe County: 2.4 33,386 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

2.7% ±3.6% (48  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Monroe County: 5.1% † 382 (±2.4% / ±175)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

3,268 ±262 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 16,790 ±35
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$140,700 ±$16,342 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Monroe County: $115,200 ±$7,829
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

12.1% ±5.3% (787  ±345.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Monroe County: 7.7% † 2,593 (±1.7% / ±559.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

85.5% ±8.5% (3,830  ±445) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 85.3% 20,211 (±4.1% / ±966.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
17.5% ±4.3% (785  ±197.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 16.4% † 3,885 (±1.9% / ±443)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

1.8% ±1.3% (117  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Monroe County: 0.9% 300
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

4.6% ±2% (230  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 7.3% † 1,922 (±1.3% / ±339)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
230 Total veterans ±99 230 Male ±99 N/A Female ±20

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