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Greenville, MS

28,833 Population
26.9 square miles 1,072.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 38.3 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$22,823 ±$1,754 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: $24,162 ±$1,317
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$36,297 ±$4,255 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: $40,117 ±$3,242
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

31.8% ±3.6% (8,939  ±1,004) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 28.8% 12,339 (±2.7% / ±1,147)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

18 minutes ±2.1 (176,585  ±23,372) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 19.2 300,445 (±1.3 / ±24,197)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

11,390 ±383 Number of households
  • the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 17,227 ±377
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.5 ±0.1 (28,222  ±49) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 2.5 42,894 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

4.6% ±3% (302  ±196) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 5.4% † 537 (±2.2% / ±220)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

14,060 ±337 Number of housing units
  • the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 20,894 ±38
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$100,800 ±$8,936 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: $99,300 ±$6,619
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

12.9% ±2.4% (3,679  ±678) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 11.2% † 4,850 (±1.7% / ±726.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

79.1% ±4.5% (15,287  ±919.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 79.2% 22,878 (±3.6% / ±1,046.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
20.2% ±2.5% (3,897  ±481.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 20.5% 5,931 (±1.9% / ±555.7)
  • about 80 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

0.8% ±0.2% (228  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 0.8% 348
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

4.2% ±0.8% (903  ±162) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 4.3% † 1,395 (±0.6% / ±201)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
903 Total veterans ±162 806 Male ±157 97 Female ±68

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