Census Reporter

Mississippi

2,981,835 Population
46,924 square miles 63.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$25,444 ±$208 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$46,511 ±$373 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

19.6% ±0.4% (564,439  ±10,503) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

25.2 minutes ±0.2 (30,072,720  ±336,381) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

1,116,649 ±4,463 Number of households
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.6 ±0 (2,887,405  ±0) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.5% ±0.3% (38,786  ±1,732) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

1,330,867 ±236 Number of housing units
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$125,500 ±$1,286 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

12.5% ±0.3% (369,237  ±7,840) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

85.3% ±0.5% (1,692,077  ±10,631) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
22.8% ±0.3% (451,199  ±5,701.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

4% ±0.1% (111,312  ±3,275.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

2.3% ±0.1% (69,211  ±2,258) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7.3% ±0.1% (164,687  ±2,533) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
164,687 Total veterans ±2,533 147,940 Male ±2,436 16,747 Female ±1,233

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