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Three Rivers Region--Lee, Pontotoc, Union Counties & Tupelo City PUMA, MS

142,618 Population
1,363.4 square miles 104.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±1.1 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

$31,371 ±$2,455 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $30,807 ±$569
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$56,125 ±$6,253 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $54,203 ±$1,260
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.6% ±2.4% (19,157  ±3,352) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 18% 512,184 (±0.8% / ±21,949)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.2 minutes ±0.7 (1,419,675  ±55,534) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

53,419 ±2,005 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,166,617 ±7,610
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.1 (141,083  ±41) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,845,770
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.2% ±2.4% (1,693  ±776) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.6% † 38,972 (±0.6% / ±4,001)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

65,407 ±1,110 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,350,552 ±165
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$185,100 ±$21,381 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$2,842
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.6% ±1.8% (12,120  ±2,464.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 10.5% 305,979 (±0.5% / ±14,727.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

84.2% ±4.8% (77,893  ±4,655.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 87.8% 1,737,718 (±1.1% / ±21,525.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
24.5% ±2.5% (22,664  ±2,317.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 25.5% 505,672 (±0.6% / ±11,494.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

4.5% ±0.5% (6,043  ±694.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 4.2% 116,535 (±0.1% / ±3,486.8)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

2.2% (3,191  ±1,058) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.6% 75,165
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5% ±1.2% (5,317  ±1,277) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 156,102 (±0.3% / ±6,129)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,317 Total veterans ±1,277 4,708 Male ±1,021 609 Female ±430

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