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Mississippi

2,939,690 Population
46,924.4 square miles 62.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 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

$30,807 ±$569 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$54,203 ±$1,260 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

18% ±0.8% (512,184  ±21,949) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.3 minutes ±0.4 (29,987,144  ±587,559) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

1,166,617 ±7,610 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 (2,845,770  ±) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.6% ±0.6% (38,972  ±4,001) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

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

$169,800 ±$2,842 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.5% ±0.5% (305,979  ±14,727.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

87.8% ±1.1% (1,737,718  ±21,525.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
25.5% ±0.6% (505,672  ±11,494.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

4.2% ±0.1% (116,535  ±3,486.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

2.6% (75,165  ±4,781) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.9% ±0.3% (156,102  ±6,129) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
156,102 Total veterans ±6,129 134,486 Male ±5,832 21,616 Female ±2,689

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