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Hernando, MS

17,949 Population
25.4 square miles 705.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$39,720 ±$3,085 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $37,885 ±$531
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$76,950 ±$10,609 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $66,401 ±$885
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

8.8% ±3.3% (1,571  ±587) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 16.6% 218,212 (±0.5% / ±6,412)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

26.9 minutes ±2.4 (207,880  ±23,573) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 24.3 13,453,315 (±0.3 / ±194,957)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

6,943 ±347 Number of households
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 522,879 ±1,921
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.6 ±0.1 (17,799  ±135) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 2.5 1,321,279 (±0 / ±268)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

6.7% ±2.6% (281  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.2% 17,080 (±0.4% / ±1,260)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

7,081 ±352 Number of housing units
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 580,185 ±204
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$315,900 ±$15,043 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $245,900 ±$2,502
  • nearly double the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

13.9% ±3.6% (2,486  ±644.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 11.6% 153,253 (±0.5% / ±6,288.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

89.1% ±5.9% (10,707  ±798.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 89.6% 798,402 (±0.9% / ±8,140)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
34.5% ±3.9% (4,144  ±489.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 31% 276,416 (±0.5% / ±4,564.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

4.5% ±2% (810  ±360) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.3% 84,595
  • nearly double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

6.2% ±2.1% (819  ±279) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.3% 63,169 (±0.2% / ±2,390)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
819 Total veterans ±279 772 Male ±278 47 Female ±41

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