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Hernando, MS

17,580 Population
25.4 square miles 691.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$38,060 ±$2,986 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $36,519 ±$516
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$71,451 ±$10,080 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $64,743 ±$928
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

9.3% ±3.6% (1,620  ±623) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 16.3% 214,970 (±0.5% / ±6,805)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

26.9 minutes ±2.4 (196,105  ±23,911) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 24.4 13,669,260 (±0.2 / ±168,206)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

6,964 ±347 Number of households
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 517,674 ±1,864
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.5 ±0.1 (17,393  ±143) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 2.6 1,320,055 (±0 / ±226)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

5.3% ±2.2% (227  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 5.1% 16,593 (±0.3% / ±1,067)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

7,273 ±350 Number of housing units
  • the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 576,520 ±214
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$282,200 ±$11,774 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: $228,100 ±$2,631
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

14.4% ±3.7% (2,526  ±641) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 12.2% 161,146 (±0.5% / ±6,917.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

87.9% ±6.2% (10,498  ±833.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 89.5% 795,394 (±0.8% / ±7,269.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
35.9% ±4.1% (4,287  ±515.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 30.7% 273,241 (±0.5% / ±4,283.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

5.4% ±2.6% (947  ±453) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.1% 81,779
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

6.3% ±2.4% (829  ±314) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area: 6.6% 65,907 (±0.2% / ±2,306)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
829 Total veterans ±314 812 Male ±314 17 Female ±21

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