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

170,532 Population
3,515.6 square miles 48.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1 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

$31,868 ±$2,262 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Mississippi: $32,749 ±$563
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$53,538 ±$6,156 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $59,127 ±$1,560
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18% ±2.6% (29,160  ±4,332) 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 ±0.7 (1,502,330  ±57,407) 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

71,524 ±2,221 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,176,690 ±8,112
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (162,039  ±3,220) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,855,600
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.8% ±1.5% (1,600  ±630) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 41,094 (±0.6% / ±3,992)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

83,516 ±1,352 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,359,223 ±158
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$171,800 ±$11,254 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $186,500 ±$3,787
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.1% ±2.2% (22,106  ±3,741) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 310,194 (±0.6% / ±16,408.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.1% ±4.3% (97,238  ±5,152.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 88% 1,745,605 (±1.1% / ±22,402.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32.1% ±2.7% (34,658  ±3,039.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 27% 535,919 (±0.6% / ±12,398.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

2.9% ±0.4% (4,767  ±587.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds 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)

3.1% ±1.2% (5,246  ±1,999) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.7% 79,645
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.3% ±1.3% (9,724  ±1,781) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.3% 141,422 (±0.3% / ±6,255)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
9,724 Total veterans ±1,781 8,152 Male ±1,546 1,572 Female ±667

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