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Congressional District 1, MS

753,783 Population
9,942 square miles 75.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,297 ±$1,252 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $32,749 ±$563
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,524 ±$2,346 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $59,127 ±$1,560
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.8% ±1.5% (123,360  ±10,719) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 17.8% 507,719 (±0.8% / ±23,283)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.1 minutes ±0.8 (8,382,890  ±329,227) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 26.4 32,189,310 (±0.3 / ±550,407)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

302,651 ±3,571 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,176,690 ±8,112
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (735,318  ±3,016) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,855,600
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.9% ±1.2% (12,695  ±2,290) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 41,094 (±0.6% / ±3,992)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

342,702 ±1,341 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,359,223 ±158
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$215,800 ±$8,032 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $186,500 ±$3,787
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.3% ±1% (76,461  ±7,740.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 310,194 (±0.6% / ±16,408.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.4% ±2.2% (440,902  ±11,876.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 88% 1,745,605 (±1.1% / ±22,402.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27% ±1.3% (136,393  ±6,718.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 27% 535,919 (±0.6% / ±12,398.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

4.2% ±0.2% (29,235  ±1,385.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 4.3% 118,835 (±0.1% / ±2,765.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

2.5% ±0.4% (19,028  ±2,827) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.7% 79,645
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.8% ±0.6% (33,559  ±3,585) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.3% 141,422 (±0.3% / ±6,255)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
33,559 Total veterans ±3,585 29,083 Male ±3,062 4,476 Female ±1,366

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