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Charleston, MS

2,301 Population
1.4 square miles 1,698.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tallahatchie County: 38.4 ±1.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$20,696 ±$3,189 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tallahatchie County: $22,998 ±$2,234
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$37,351 ±$6,763 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Tallahatchie County: $37,383 † ±$5,153
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

32% ±14.4% (699  ±350) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tallahatchie County: 26.5% † 3,155 (±4.7% / ±562)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

19 minutes ±11.4 (13,215  ±5,545) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Tallahatchie County: 29.6 † 125,390 (±3.9 / ±20,477)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

786 ±164 Number of households
  • Tallahatchie County: 4,322 ±200
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.8 ±0.2 (2,187  ±472) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tallahatchie County: 2.8 11,947 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

2% ±2.6% (9  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tallahatchie County: 3% † 74 (±2% / ±50)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

937 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Tallahatchie County: 5,488 ±22
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$87,700 ±$18,211 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tallahatchie County: $82,200 ±$5,872
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

4.5% ±3.4% (104  ±81.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tallahatchie County: 6.3% † 774 (±2.7% / ±326.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

77.4% ±24.5% (1,176  ±250) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tallahatchie County: 81.1% 7,014 (±7.1% / ±636.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
21.5% ±7.4% (326  ±136) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Tallahatchie County: 11.9% † 1,031 (±2.6% / ±226.2)
  • about 90 percent 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

0.4% ±0.5% (8  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tallahatchie County: 0.4% 54
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

2.7% ±2.4% (47  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Tallahatchie County: 5.1% † 504 (±1.7% / ±163)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
47 Total veterans ±43 23 Male ±28 24 Female ±31

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