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Bolivar County, MS

31,301 Population
876.5 square miles 35.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 37.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$22,888 ±$2,138 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $26,807 ±$248
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $37,638 ±$102
$33,729 ±$2,703 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $49,111 ±$447
  • about half the amount in United States: $69,021 ±$146

33% ±2.8% (9,750  ±833) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.4% 557,111 (±0.3% / ±8,218)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,661,636 (±0.1% / ±274,456)

19 minutes ±1.5 (191,650  ±19,556) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 30,048,524 (±0.2 / ±328,460)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

11,538 ±345 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,108,670 ±4,270
  • United States: 124,010,990 ±196,755
2.6 ±0.1 (30,081  ±227) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,879,329 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 321,899,260

5.5% ±1.7% (416  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,201 (±0.3% / ±1,803)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,971,395 (±0% / ±22,692)

Housing

13,718 ±97 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,317,375 ±836
  • United States: 139,647,020 ±3,504

$102,200 ±$16,051 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $133,000 ±$1,361
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $244,900 ±$316

10% ±1.8% (3,101  ±548.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 12.1% 354,313 (±0.3% / ±7,862.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,820,703 (±0% / ±133,972.5)

Social

80.4% ±4.2% (16,384  ±861.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 85.6% 1,690,583 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88.9% 200,101,962 (±0.1% / ±254,727.4)
25.5% ±2.4% (5,190  ±495.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 23.3% 458,928 (±0.3% / ±5,963.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 33.7% 75,808,835 (±0.1% / ±157,731.9)

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

2.5% ±0.8% (768  ±249) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.3% 68,580 (±0.1% / ±2,186)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,844,808 (±0% / ±126,423)

4.7% ±0.9% (1,096  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 7.1% 159,142 (±0.2% / ±3,448)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,431,290 (±0% / ±48,418)
1,096 Total veterans ±201 866 Male ±159 230 Female ±136

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