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Mississippi

2,943,045 Population
46,924.4 square miles 62.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,749 ±$563 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$59,127 ±$1,560 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.8% ±0.8% (507,719  ±23,283) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.4 minutes ±0.3 (32,189,310  ±550,407) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

1,176,690 ±8,112 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 (2,855,600  ±) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.9% ±0.6% (41,094  ±3,992) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

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

$186,500 ±$3,787 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.7% ±0.6% (310,194  ±16,408.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88% ±1.1% (1,745,605  ±22,402.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27% ±0.6% (535,919  ±12,398.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

4.3% ±0.1% (118,835  ±2,765.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

2.7% (79,645  ±5,433) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.3% ±0.3% (141,422  ±6,255) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
141,422 Total veterans ±6,255 120,991 Male ±5,879 20,431 Female ±2,440

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