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Hattiesburg, MS Urban Area

79,749 Population
63.6 square miles 1,253.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,503 ±$3,271 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,357 ±$12,285 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.5% ±4.8% (12,417  ±3,696) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.9 minutes ±1.3 (703,730  ±53,137) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

32,655 ±1,787 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (75,104  ±4,554) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.4% ±1.3% (594  ±325) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

35,781 ±1,691 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$199,300 ±$15,534 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.3% ±3.3% (11,354  ±2,726.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.7% ±6.3% (45,001  ±4,043.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
37.3% ±4.4% (18,092  ±2,367.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as 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

5.5% ±1.9% (4,364  ±1,563) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.4% ±1.4% (3,448  ±902) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,448 Total veterans ±902 3,130 Male ±841 318 Female ±265

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