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Macon, MS

3,454 Population
3.8 square miles 902 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 37.4 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$20,326 ±$4,773 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: $29,149 ±$1,406
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$29,167 ±$8,407 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: $51,587 ±$3,925
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

35.9% ±10.5% (1,202  ±389) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 18.2% 12,128 (±1.8% / ±1,192)
  • nearly double the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

19.9 minutes ±5.9 (26,620  ±10,190) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 21 562,315 (±0.8 / ±28,968)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

1,210 ±190 Number of households
  • the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 26,615 ±555
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.8 ±0.6 (3,351  ±471) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 2.5 66,574 (±0.1 / ±37)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

8.9% ±6.9% (76  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 6.6% † 1,047 (±1.7% / ±267)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

1,347 ±202 Number of housing units
  • the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 31,772 ±48
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$98,200 ±$19,787 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: $138,600 ±$8,151
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

9.4% ±5.7% (319  ±195.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 12.7% † 8,537 (±1.8% / ±1,192.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

82.7% ±10.5% (1,791  ±334.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 86.9% 39,476 (±3.2% / ±1,450)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
18.6% ±7.7% (402  ±175.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 24.3% 11,029 (±1.7% / ±760.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

0.4% ±0.6% (13  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 2% 1,368
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

4.9% ±3.6% (121  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Columbus, MS Micro Area: 7.8% † 3,941 (±0.8% / ±409)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
121 Total veterans ±91 102 Male ±88 19 Female ±28

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