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Carthage, MS

4,866 Population
9.3 square miles 523.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Leake County: 40.3 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,644 ±$3,331 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Leake County: $26,316 ±$2,105
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,254 ±$14,824 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Leake County: $50,728 ±$4,140
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.7% ±11.1% (1,334  ±500) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Leake County: 20.5% † 4,267 (±3.5% / ±724)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.6 minutes ±3.4 (35,685  ±12,280) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Leake County: 34.3 263,585 (±2.8 / ±31,061)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,458 ±149 Number of households
  • Leake County: 7,414 ±263
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.3 (4,486  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Leake County: 2.8 20,922 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.5% ±4.5% (55  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Leake County: 5.3% † 250 (±2.9% / ±136)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,565 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Leake County: 9,078 ±29
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$154,800 ±$21,863 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Leake County: $116,800 ±$10,113
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.5% ±6.3% (550  ±301.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Leake County: 6.8% † 1,436 (±2.3% / ±476.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88% ±11.1% (2,649  ±391.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Leake County: 81.6% 11,456 (±5.2% / ±747.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.6% ±6% (591  ±187.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Leake County: 15.7% † 2,208 (±2.3% / ±328.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

8.9% ±6.6% (434  ±319) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Leake County: 2.7% 578
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±3.7% (299  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Leake County: 6.3% † 1,026 (±1.1% / ±184)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
299 Total veterans ±132 299 Male ±132 N/A Female ±14

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