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Mississippi

2,940,057 Population
46,924.5 square miles 62.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$29,045 ±$408 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$52,719 ±$895 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

19.2% ±0.6% (544,104  ±17,010) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

25.5 minutes ±0.4 (30,147,130  ±603,046) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

1,148,340 ±8,056 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±483.8 (2,846,324  ±-555,555,600) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.8% ±0.6% (40,116  ±3,909) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

1,342,764 ±204 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$162,500 ±$2,357 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

11.1% ±0.6% (322,436  ±16,363.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

87.6% ±1.1% (1,719,796  ±21,253.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
24.8% ±0.6% (486,186  ±11,778.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

3.9% ±0.1% (109,158  ±3,033.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,203,430 (±0.1% / ±183,279.2)

2.2% ±420.6% (65,448  ±4,520) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

6.5% ±0.3% (146,793  ±6,250) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
146,793 Total veterans ±6,250 131,085 Male ±5,637 15,708 Female ±2,033

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