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Hinds County, MS

211,975 Population
869.8 square miles 243.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.8 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

$29,753 ±$1,765 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $32,749 ±$563
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$50,249 ±$4,727 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $59,127 ±$1,560
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

22.3% ±3.3% (45,154  ±6,592) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 17.8% 507,719 (±0.8% / ±23,283)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.3 minutes ±0.5 (1,893,985  ±58,588) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

90,060 ±2,227 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,176,690 ±8,112
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (203,086  ±282) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,855,600
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.2% ±3% (4,286  ±1,566) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 41,094 (±0.6% / ±3,992)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

106,464 ±126 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,359,223 ±158
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$163,300 ±$12,217 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $186,500 ±$3,787
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.5% ±3% (30,322  ±6,306.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 310,194 (±0.6% / ±16,408.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90% ±4.4% (127,528  ±6,275.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 88% 1,745,605 (±1.1% / ±22,402.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
30.1% ±2.6% (42,589  ±3,714.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 27% 535,919 (±0.6% / ±12,398.2)
  • about 80 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

2.5% (5,232  ±1,431) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.7% 79,645
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.2% ±0.9% (8,444  ±1,447) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.3% 141,422 (±0.3% / ±6,255)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,444 Total veterans ±1,447 7,732 Male ±1,371 712 Female ±351

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