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Mississippi

2,949,965 Population
46,924.5 square miles 62.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,941 ±$502 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$48,716 ±$1,242 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

19.4% ±0.6% (554,152  ±18,347) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

25.2 minutes ±0.4 (28,668,950  ±607,535) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

1,129,611 ±8,212 Number of households
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0 (2,865,632  ±0) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.3% ±0.6% (36,472  ±3,806) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

1,332,041 ±222 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$145,600 ±$3,278 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

10.7% ±0.6% (311,090  ±17,072.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

86.5% ±1.1% (1,702,178  ±22,542.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
24.8% ±0.6% (487,663  ±12,449) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

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)

2.1% ±0.2% (62,859  ±4,621) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.9% ±0.3% (155,272  ±7,247) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
155,272 Total veterans ±7,247 140,826 Male ±7,335 14,446 Female ±2,159

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