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Greenville, MS

28,166 Population
26.9 square miles 1,047 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 38 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,829 ±$1,512 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: $25,149 ±$1,298
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$40,083 ±$5,287 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: $42,165 ±$3,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28% ±3.4% (7,708  ±938) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 26.5% † 11,088 (±2.7% / ±1,124)
  • 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)

18.9 minutes ±1.9 (188,035  ±22,396) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 19.6 306,245 (±1.6 / ±29,052)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,249 ±475 Number of households
  • the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 17,113 ±384
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (27,570  ±53) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 2.5 41,986 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±2.3% (311  ±144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 6.1% † 587 (±2% / ±196)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,918 ±373 Number of housing units
  • the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 20,867 ±39
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$103,800 ±$11,807 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: $104,000 ±$7,270
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.4% ±3.2% (4,013  ±902.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 11.9% † 5,033 (±2.2% / ±921.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.6% ±4.4% (15,356  ±895.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 81.8% 23,081 (±3.8% / ±1,080.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22% ±2.5% (4,137  ±477.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 22.4% 6,306 (±2.2% / ±611.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about three-fifths of 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

0.7% ±0.1% (192  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 0.7% 306
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.1% ±1.1% (1,072  ±240) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Greenville, MS Micro Area: 5% † 1,595 (±0.8% / ±262)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,072 Total veterans ±240 788 Male ±166 284 Female ±159

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