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Shaw, MS

1,508 Population
1.1 square miles 1,354.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±7.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 37.5 ±1.1
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,890 ±$4,399 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: $25,454 ±$1,960
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$30,469 ±$10,747 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: $39,585 † ±$4,860
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

37.5% ±13.1% (566  ±221) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 32.6% † 8,981 (±3.5% / ±964)
  • about 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)

22.6 minutes ±5.8 (12,515  ±4,777) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 20.1 † 200,285 (±2.3 / ±25,831)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

672 ±126 Number of households
  • the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 11,915 ±263
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.6 (1,508  ±266) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 2.4 27,983 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.7% ±10.4% (31  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 7.3% † 511 (±2.3% / ±163)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

815 ±133 Number of housing units
  • the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 13,673 ±52
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$102,100 ±$95,857 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: $130,000 ±$12,596
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.8% ±2.5% (27  ±37.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 9.8% † 2,859 (±1.8% / ±527.8)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.3% ±8% (865  ±172.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 84.9% 16,306 (±4.8% / ±927.9)
  • a little less than 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)
16.3% ±6.7% (169  ±75.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 28% † 5,374 (±2.8% / ±539.8)
  • 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

1.6% ±1.8% (18  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Cleveland, MS Micro Area: 3.2% † 714 (±1% / ±219)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
18 Total veterans ±20 12 Male ±14 6 Female ±10

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