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DeSoto County, MS

195,871 Population
476.4 square miles 411.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,882 ±$2,400 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $32,749 ±$563
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$84,262 ±$5,841 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi: $59,127 ±$1,560
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.5% ±2.6% (20,328  ±5,012) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 17.8% 507,719 (±0.8% / ±23,283)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.2 minutes ±0.7 (2,298,395  ±80,183) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

76,529 ±930 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,176,690 ±8,112
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0 (195,342  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,855,600
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

9.7% ±3.4% (4,788  ±1,671) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 41,094 (±0.6% / ±3,992)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

78,014 ±37 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,359,223 ±158
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$300,100 ±$13,252 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $186,500 ±$3,787
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.1% ±2.6% (21,554  ±5,087.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 310,194 (±0.6% / ±16,408.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.9% ±4.9% (123,490  ±6,610.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 88% 1,745,605 (±1.1% / ±22,402.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32.9% ±2.8% (43,654  ±3,754.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 27% 535,919 (±0.6% / ±12,398.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.2% (6,204  ±1,040) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.7% 79,645
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.8% ±1.6% (10,025  ±2,326) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.3% 141,422 (±0.3% / ±6,255)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,025 Total veterans ±2,326 9,010 Male ±2,016 1,015 Female ±752

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