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Itawamba County, MS

23,942 Population
532.8 square miles 44.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$39,701 ±$8,384 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$59,508 ±$8,399 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

10.8% ±2.1% (2,423  ±477) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

24.2 minutes ±1.1 (245,940  ±17,431) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

9,224 ±305 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (22,837  ±49) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

7.2% ±3.4% (398  ±189) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

10,515 ±38 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$122,400 ±$8,184 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.8% ±1.9% (2,316  ±444) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

85.2% ±5.4% (13,796  ±883.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
14.8% ±2.4% (2,391  ±395.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

0.8% (189  ±155) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.5% ±1.6% (1,226  ±303) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,226 Total veterans ±303 1,193 Male ±288 33 Female ±64

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