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Leakesville, MS

4,959 Population
6.3 square miles 789.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Greene County: 40.5 ±1.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$9,612 ±$2,835 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Greene County: $20,638 ±$1,850
  • about one-third of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,428 ±$22,381 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Greene County: $54,276 † ±$7,339
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.4% ±11.5% (351  ±219) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Greene County: 18.3% † 1,875 (±4% / ±408)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

48.1 minutes ±15.4 (23,760  ±12,475) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Greene County: 43.4 † 144,360 (±5.5 / ±24,484)
  • nearly double the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • nearly double the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

547 ±178 Number of households
  • Greene County: 4,109 ±230
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±1.3 (1,718  ±472) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Greene County: 2.5 10,315 (±0.2 / ±169)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±4% (10  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Greene County: 9.1% † 217 (±4.6% / ±111)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

657 ±197 Number of housing units
  • Greene County: 5,190 ±69
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,300 ±$13,799 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Greene County: $92,700 † ±$15,155
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.5% ±3.1% (568  ±163.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Greene County: 8.7% † 1,176 (±2.1% / ±289.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

74.3% ±6.4% (3,141  ±372.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Greene County: 84.5% 8,541 (±6.1% / ±616)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.6% ±3.8% (404  ±165.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Greene County: 10.5% † 1,065 (±2.5% / ±249.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.4% ±0.5% (22  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Greene County: 0.9% 123
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±2.5% (290  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Greene County: 7.4% † 816 (±1.8% / ±203)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
290 Total veterans ±115 263 Male ±104 27 Female ±36

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