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Ruleville, MS

2,859 Population
2.5 square miles 1,135.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.1 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sunflower County: 37.6 ±1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$18,566 ±$3,204 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Sunflower County: $19,429 ±$983
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$35,536 ±$23,806 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sunflower County: $40,265 † ±$4,836
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

29% ±7.7% (757  ±233) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Sunflower County: 29.9% † 6,510 (±3.7% / ±813)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

18 minutes ±3.4 (18,195  ±5,962) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Sunflower County: 19.1 155,650 (±1.7 / ±16,605)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

806 ±125 Number of households
  • Sunflower County: 8,058 ±261
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
3.2 ±0.1 (2,609  ±408) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sunflower County: 2.7 21,769 (±0.1 / ±185)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

4.9% ±4.5% (36  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sunflower County: 5.7% † 298 (±2.2% / ±116)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

944 ±135 Number of housing units
  • Sunflower County: 9,415 ±96
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$94,700 ±$6,020 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sunflower County: $103,400 ±$9,884
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

7.4% ±2.8% (207  ±84.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sunflower County: 9.5% † 2,376 (±1.6% / ±402.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

80.6% ±8.6% (1,524  ±283.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sunflower County: 75.8% 13,125 (±4.1% / ±721.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
16% ±4.9% (303  ±102.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sunflower County: 16.9% † 2,928 (±2.1% / ±359.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

N/A Foreign-born population

1.6% ±1.3% (36  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sunflower County: 3.7% † 742 (±1% / ±196)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
36 Total veterans ±28 31 Male ±26 5 Female ±8

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