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Okolona, MS

2,430 Population
7.2 square miles 338.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±5.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chickasaw County: 38.4 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,207 ±$3,861 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chickasaw County: $23,189 ±$1,767
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$26,042 ±$9,337 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chickasaw County: $43,586 ±$3,435
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

43.2% ±12.6% (1,023  ±343) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Chickasaw County: 23.6% † 3,877 (±4.1% / ±680)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.7 minutes ±4 (17,555  ±5,652) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Chickasaw County: 21.7 132,895 (±1.8 / ±14,392)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,124 ±168 Number of households
  • Chickasaw County: 6,674 ±260
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (2,369  ±393) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chickasaw County: 2.5 16,452 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.9% ±5.6% (35  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chickasaw County: 7% † 253 (±3% / ±110)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,329 ±169 Number of housing units
  • Chickasaw County: 7,851 ±24
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$92,200 ±$19,206 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chickasaw County: $109,800 ±$10,542
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.6% ±3.9% (110  ±96.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chickasaw County: 6.3% † 1,046 (±1.7% / ±278.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.1% ±9.9% (1,309  ±249.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chickasaw County: 80.5% 9,100 (±5.4% / ±611.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.6% ±4.4% (141  ±75.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chickasaw County: 12% † 1,359 (±2.3% / ±254.1)
  • about one-third 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% ±0.6% (10  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chickasaw County: 0.7% 119
  • 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

8.9% ±4.4% (170  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Chickasaw County: 4.4% † 560 (±1.4% / ±174)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
170 Total veterans ±87 96 Male ±58 74 Female ±72

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