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Congressional District 2, MS

694,703 Population
17,996 square miles 38.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,380 ±$848 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $32,749 ±$563
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$47,495 ±$2,042 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $59,127 ±$1,560
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

23.6% ±1.6% (156,593  ±10,695) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 17.8% 507,719 (±0.8% / ±23,283)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.1 minutes ±1 (6,833,455  ±339,316) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 26.4 32,189,310 (±0.3 / ±550,407)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

282,159 ±4,812 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,176,690 ±8,112
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (664,165  ±5,987) Persons per household
  • a little less than 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% ±1.4% (11,255  ±2,311) 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

345,352 ±2,897 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,359,223 ±158
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$126,300 ±$7,500 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $186,500 ±$3,787
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.5% ±1.4% (78,734  ±9,272.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 310,194 (±0.6% / ±16,408.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

85.5% ±2.1% (401,315  ±10,560.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
22.3% ±1.2% (104,813  ±5,565.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 27% 535,919 (±0.6% / ±12,398.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

3.1% ±0.4% (20,744  ±2,953.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 4.3% 118,835 (±0.1% / ±2,765.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

1.7% ±0.4% (11,497  ±2,481) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 2.7% 79,645
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.6% ±0.5% (24,648  ±2,605) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 6.3% 141,422 (±0.3% / ±6,255)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
24,648 Total veterans ±2,605 20,843 Male ±2,203 3,805 Female ±1,103

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