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Golden Triangle Region--Columbus, Starkville, & West Point Cities PUMA, MS

172,298 Population
3,515.5 square miles 49 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$26,876 ±$1,425 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,807 ±$569
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$50,230 ±$2,578 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $54,203 ±$1,260
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

23.6% ±3.3% (38,555  ±5,488) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 18% 512,184 (±0.8% / ±21,949)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.8 minutes ±0.6 (1,440,155  ±56,344) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

70,717 ±2,156 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,166,617 ±7,610
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (163,434  ±3,268) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,845,770
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.9% ±2% (2,100  ±876) 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)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

82,752 ±1,573 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,350,552 ±165
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$154,400 ±$12,986 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$2,842
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

16% ±2.5% (27,404  ±4,348.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 10.5% 305,979 (±0.5% / ±14,727.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

83.7% ±4.3% (91,659  ±5,162.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 87.8% 1,737,718 (±1.1% / ±21,525.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
29.8% ±2.7% (32,625  ±3,090.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 25.5% 505,672 (±0.6% / ±11,494.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

2.8% ±0.4% (4,543  ±608) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 4.2% 116,535 (±0.1% / ±3,486.8)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

3.3% ±1.2% (5,616  ±2,109) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.6% 75,165
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.5% ±1.2% (7,379  ±1,621) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 156,102 (±0.3% / ±6,129)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
7,379 Total veterans ±1,621 6,525 Male ±1,491 854 Female ±624

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