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Amite County, MS

12,683 Population
730.1 square miles 17.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.2 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.1 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$24,135 ±$2,713 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $29,209 ±$294
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$34,866 ±$3,839 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $52,985 ±$527
  • about half the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

27.1% ±4.4% (3,398  ±549) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.2% 548,804 (±0.3% / ±8,778)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

41.2 minutes ±4.8 (144,425  ±24,914) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 29,946,516 (±0.2 / ±313,109)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

5,834 ±308 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,121,269 ±4,612
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.2 ±0.1 (12,560  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,864,355
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

5.9% ±3% (123  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,301 (±0.3% / ±1,800)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

7,231 ±16 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,324,992 ±359
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$91,400 ±$14,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $151,000 ±$1,427
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

9.5% ±3.2% (1,183  ±,401.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.7% 341,664 (±0.3% / ±7,788.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

87.5% ±6.4% (7,996  ±,638.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.2% 1,697,223 (±0.6% / ±11,026.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
9.2% ±2.4% (844  ±,220.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 23.9% 470,071 (±0.3% / ±5,804.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% (28  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.3% 68,257
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

5.5% ±1.5% (555  ±146) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 155,583 (±0.1% / ±3,073)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
555 Total veterans ±146 532 Male ±137 23 Female ±33

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