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Vicksburg, MS

20,589 Population
33 square miles 623.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 40.8 ±0.5
  • 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

$27,526 ±$2,261 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: $34,305 ±$1,864
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,781 ±$4,996 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: $59,401 ±$3,053
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.8% ±4% (5,410  ±806) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 19.5% † 8,287 (±2.6% / ±1,084)
  • about 1.4 times 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)

17.5 minutes ±1.2 (146,545  ±14,183) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 21.4 385,175 (±1.2 / ±28,566)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,942 ±441 Number of households
  • the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 16,772 ±456
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (20,066  ±32) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 2.5 42,490 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • 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

5.1% ±2.7% (253  ±135) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 5.6% † 537 (±2.1% / ±205)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,478 ±421 Number of housing units
  • the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 21,566 ±25
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$125,900 ±$10,229 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: $156,400 ±$13,008
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.2% ±2.7% (1,692  ±544.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 8% † 3,443 (±1.8% / ±750.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.3% ±6.2% (12,019  ±903) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 88.3% 26,032 (±4.3% / ±1,260.4)
  • 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)
27.1% ±3.6% (3,780  ±502.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 28.8% 8,478 (±2.4% / ±716.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.3% ±0.7% (263  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 1.3% 565
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±1.5% (988  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 7.4% † 2,427 (±1% / ±311)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
988 Total veterans ±225 902 Male ±220 86 Female ±58

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