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Tupelo, MS Urban Area

41,478 Population
43.3 square miles 958.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$34,666 ±$2,061 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$62,606 ±$4,667 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

16.3% ±2.3% (6,578  ±923) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.6 minutes ±1.1 (358,290  ±27,147) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

16,643 ±514 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (40,603  ±781) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4% ±1.7% (418  ±184) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

19,316 ±429 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$197,300 ±$8,728 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.8% ±1.7% (4,013  ±715.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

88.1% ±4% (24,194  ±1,216.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
32.3% ±2.5% (8,882  ±710.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

3.2% ±0.9% (1,335  ±353) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

5.7% ±1.1% (1,754  ±335) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,754 Total veterans ±335 1,554 Male ±281 200 Female ±118

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