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

143,389 Population
1,363.4 square miles 105.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±1.4 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

$32,099 ±$2,160 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $32,749 ±$563
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$55,747 ±$6,068 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Mississippi: $59,127 ±$1,560
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.1% ±3.2% (25,612  ±4,486) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 17.8% 507,719 (±0.8% / ±23,283)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.4 minutes ±0.6 (1,357,760  ±49,019) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

57,771 ±1,716 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,176,690 ±8,112
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (141,792  ±63) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,855,600
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±2% (1,718  ±686) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 41,094 (±0.6% / ±3,992)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

66,172 ±870 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,359,223 ±158
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$197,700 ±$13,179 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $186,500 ±$3,787
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.1% ±1.9% (11,428  ±2,677.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 310,194 (±0.6% / ±16,408.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

83.3% ±4.5% (80,964  ±4,731.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 88% 1,745,605 (±1.1% / ±22,402.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25.2% ±2.7% (24,440  ±2,678.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 27% 535,919 (±0.6% / ±12,398.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

4.7% ±0.5% (6,270  ±667) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher 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)

1.6% (2,278  ±1,070) 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

4.4% ±1.3% (4,711  ±1,375) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.3% 141,422 (±0.3% / ±6,255)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,711 Total veterans ±1,375 3,789 Male ±1,083 922 Female ±695

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