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Hattiesburg-Laurel, MS CSA

236,702 Population
2,981 square miles 79.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,989 ±$1,550 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$53,449 ±$3,858 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.6% ±2.3% (40,304  ±5,391) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24 minutes ±1.2 (2,387,330  ±152,904) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

93,349 ±2,033 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (229,669  ±2,835) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.8% ±1.8% (3,484  ±1,095) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

104,420 ±1,400 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$177,000 ±$10,371 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.8% ±1.8% (22,949  ±4,251.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.8% ±3.7% (141,264  ±6,300) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
28.6% ±2.2% (44,426  ±3,496.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

4% ±0.4% (8,797  ±929.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

2.8% ±0.8% (6,719  ±1,842) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.4% ±1.1% (11,701  ±2,036) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
11,701 Total veterans ±2,036 10,400 Male ±1,750 1,301 Female ±792

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