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Harrison County, MS

211,044 Population
573.6 square miles 367.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$30,467 ±$1,363 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $29,045 ±$408
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$56,041 ±$3,980 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $52,719 ±$895
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

19.5% ±2.6% (40,157  ±5,318) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 19.2% 544,104 (±0.6% / ±17,010)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

23.6 minutes ±1.6 (2,014,595  ±160,143) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.5 30,147,130 (±0.4 / ±603,046)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

83,711 ±1,763 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,148,340 ±8,056
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0.1 (206,587  ±128) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,846,324
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.9% ±1.9% (2,424  ±923) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.8% 40,116 (±0.6% / ±3,909)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

94,572 ±66 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,342,764 ±204
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$206,400 ±$9,160 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $162,500 ±$2,357
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

15.5% ±2.4% (32,361  ±4,950.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 11.1% 322,436 (±0.6% / ±16,363.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

90.3% ±3.9% (128,576  ±5,637.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.6% 1,719,796 (±1.1% / ±21,253.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
26.2% ±2.2% (37,256  ±3,114.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 24.8% 486,186 (±0.6% / ±11,778.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

3.1% (6,574  ±1,413) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.2% 65,448
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

12.9% ±1.2% (20,029  ±1,819) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Mississippi: 6.5% 146,793 (±0.3% / ±6,250)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
20,029 Total veterans ±1,819 17,265 Male ±1,706 2,764 Female ±727

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