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Carthage, MS

4,859 Population
9.3 square miles 522.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Leake County: 40 ±1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$21,707 ±$2,672 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Leake County: $26,895 † ±$2,736
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$47,304 ±$8,764 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Leake County: $48,418 ±$3,542
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

28.9% ±9.1% (1,278  ±404) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Leake County: 19.9% † 4,112 (±3.3% / ±675)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

26 minutes ±5.7 (36,675  ±11,158) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Leake County: 32.2 252,355 (±2.3 / ±23,333)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

1,464 ±185 Number of households
  • Leake County: 7,384 ±262
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
3 ±0.4 (4,420  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Leake County: 2.8 20,830 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

5.4% ±4.7% (55  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Leake County: 4.5% † 209 (±2.1% / ±99)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

1,627 ±199 Number of housing units
  • Leake County: 9,054 ±23
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$146,800 ±$18,704 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Leake County: $114,600 ±$8,832
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

15.1% ±6% (724  ±287) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Leake County: 8.6% † 1,819 (±2.2% / ±455.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

83.8% ±10.8% (2,602  ±390.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Leake County: 82.2% 11,699 (±5.2% / ±760.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
18.2% ±5.8% (564  ±185.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Leake County: 17.8% † 2,525 (±2.6% / ±367.5)
  • 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

7.8% ±5.7% (381  ±279) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Leake County: 2.8% 591
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

8.5% ±3.9% (315  ±147) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Leake County: 7.4% † 1,208 (±1.4% / ±227)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
315 Total veterans ±147 315 Male ±147 N/A Female ±14

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