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East Central Region--Clarke, Lauderdale & Newton Counties--Meridian City PUMA, MS

106,549 Population
1,973 square miles 54 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±2.5 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

$28,729 ±$2,525 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,807 ±$569
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$47,968 ±$6,674 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $54,203 ±$1,260
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

22.3% ±4.1% (22,937  ±4,296) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 18% 512,184 (±0.8% / ±21,949)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.2 minutes ±1.5 (1,056,005  ±68,966) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

43,077 ±1,548 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,166,617 ±7,610
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (102,564  ±3,108) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,845,770
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.5% ±2.3% (852  ±548) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 5.6% † 38,972 (±0.6% / ±4,001)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

49,800 ±1,333 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,350,552 ±165
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$127,100 ±$18,412 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$2,842
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.3% ±2.4% (10,849  ±2,546.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 10.5% 305,979 (±0.5% / ±14,727.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89.2% ±5.6% (63,835  ±4,478) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.8% 1,737,718 (±1.1% / ±21,525.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
21.9% ±2.8% (15,661  ±2,077.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.5% 505,672 (±0.6% / ±11,494.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

3.6% ±0.5% (3,661  ±519.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent 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)

1.9% ±1% (1,972  ±1,019) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 2.6% 75,165
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

9.3% ±1.7% (7,530  ±1,381) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 156,102 (±0.3% / ±6,129)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
7,530 Total veterans ±1,381 6,546 Male ±1,266 984 Female ±555

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