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Tupelo, MS Micro Area

132,699 Population
1,397.7 square miles 94.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,572 ±$2,539 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$52,405 ±$4,972 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

22.1% ±3.8% (28,641  ±4,928) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.4 minutes ±0.6 (1,253,340  ±46,740) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

55,670 ±1,418 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (129,785  ±70) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.8% ±2.1% (1,543  ±666) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

60,588 ±889 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$191,200 ±$15,896 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9% ±2.2% (11,792  ±2,824.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

85.3% ±5.1% (76,216  ±4,837.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25.2% ±2.9% (22,539  ±2,613.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.4% (1,804  ±570) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.3% ±1.3% (5,351  ±1,324) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,351 Total veterans ±1,324 4,788 Male ±1,168 563 Female ±561

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