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Mount Olive, MS

1,268 Population
3.1 square miles 409.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Covington County: 37.7 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$25,232 ±$10,569 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Covington County: $26,323 † ±$3,098
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
N/A Median household income

22.5% ±13% (285  ±198) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Covington County: 17.7% † 3,173 (±4.4% / ±780)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

23.9 minutes ±7.5 (13,405  ±8,021) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Covington County: 26.1 † 191,065 (±3.2 / ±27,693)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

544 ±270 Number of households
  • Covington County: 7,079 † ±2,348
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.3 ±1.5 (1,268  ±489) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Covington County: 2.5 † 17,924 (±0.8 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

1.2% ±2.8% (3  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Covington County: 6.9% † 269 (±4.2% / ±166)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

682 ±286 Number of housing units
  • Covington County: 8,360 † ±2,321
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$57,100 ±$23,438 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Covington County: $98,500 † ±$17,249
  • about one-third of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

0.6% ±1.4% (7  ±17.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Covington County: 4.9% † 883 (±1.9% / ±336.4)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

82.5% ±12.3% (706  ±286.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Covington County: 84.7% 10,360 (±7.1% / ±932)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
11% ±6.4% (94  ±65.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Covington County: 15.9% † 1,946 (±3.9% / ±483.2)
  • about half 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

3.4% ±3.7% (32  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Covington County: 7.3% † 998 (±1.8% / ±241)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
32 Total veterans ±37 30 Male ±32 2 Female ±10

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