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State Senate District 26, MS

58,923 Population
362.6 square miles 162.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,058 ±$2,300 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,565 ±$3,920 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.5% ±3% (10,159  ±1,757) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.6 minutes ±0.9 (569,260  ±39,728) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

24,987 ±998 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (57,871  ±2,310) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.3% ±2.1% (1,079  ±313) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

27,433 ±996 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$183,300 ±$11,124 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±2.6% (7,404  ±1,559.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.1% ±2.8% (35,600  ±1,721.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.8% ±2% (13,971  ±955.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.2% ±0.7% (1,881  ±406) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±0.8% (2,027  ±355) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,027 Total veterans ±355 1,739 Male ±336 288 Female ±146

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