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Monticello, MS

1,351 Population
4.2 square miles 323.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±9.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lawrence County: 41 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,091 ±$9,833 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $26,221 † ±$3,407
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$34,250 ±$24,423 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lawrence County: $43,531 † ±$5,492
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.4% ±10.1% (333  ±168) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 23.7% † 2,773 (±4.6% / ±539)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.7 minutes ±13.2 (14,685  ±8,215) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lawrence County: 34.2 † 136,655 (±3.6 / ±18,635)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

513 ±147 Number of households
  • Lawrence County: 4,407 ±255
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (1,309  ±408) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lawrence County: 2.7 11,744 (±0.2 / ±4)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.4% ±7.5% (30  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Lawrence County: 3.5% † 89 (±2.1% / ±53)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

716 ±147 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence County: 5,783 ±19
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$126,700 ±$17,355 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $100,000 † ±$12,720
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±6.6% (101  ±93.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lawrence County: 5.4% † 629 (±2% / ±238.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.2% ±33.5% (772  ±194.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 83.7% 6,597 (±6.7% / ±534.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.5% ±7.4% (157  ±80.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lawrence County: 13.2% † 1,040 (±2.7% / ±208.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about half 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.4% ±3.8% (55  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 4.6% † 407 (±1.8% / ±159)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
55 Total veterans ±42 55 Male ±42 N/A Female ±14

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