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Indianola, MS

9,360 Population
8.6 square miles 1,092.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±6.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Sunflower County: 37.6 ±1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$19,826 ±$1,724 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Sunflower County: $19,429 ±$983
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$39,275 ±$7,436 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Sunflower County: $40,265 † ±$4,836
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

31.1% ±6.7% (2,840  ±612) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Sunflower County: 29.9% † 6,510 (±3.7% / ±813)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

18.5 minutes ±2.8 (61,360  ±11,731) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Sunflower County: 19.1 155,650 (±1.7 / ±16,605)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

3,456 ±256 Number of households
  • Sunflower County: 8,058 ±261
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.6 ±0.2 (9,121  ±36) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Sunflower County: 2.7 21,769 (±0.1 / ±185)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

0.2% ±0.4% (4  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Sunflower County: 5.7% † 298 (±2.2% / ±116)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

3,970 ±239 Number of housing units
  • Sunflower County: 9,415 ±96
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$119,100 ±$24,524 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Sunflower County: $103,400 ±$9,884
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

7.2% ±3% (674  ±280.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sunflower County: 9.5% † 2,376 (±1.6% / ±402.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

80.8% ±8.2% (4,838  ±541.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sunflower County: 75.8% 13,125 (±4.1% / ±721.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
24.2% ±4.9% (1,448  ±303.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sunflower County: 16.9% † 2,928 (±2.1% / ±359.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.1% ±2% (283  ±135) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sunflower County: 3.7% † 742 (±1% / ±196)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
283 Total veterans ±135 230 Male ±83 53 Female ±81

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