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Lafayette County, MS

56,920 Population
631.7 square miles 90.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$34,960 ±$2,531 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$64,334 ±$3,674 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

18.7% ±2.4% (9,533  ±1,233) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

22.3 minutes ±1.8 (523,725  ±47,022) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

18,510 ±628 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.8 ±0.1 (51,194  ±115) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.1% ±1.7% (711  ±298) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

28,418 ±51 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$260,500 ±$19,619 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

19.6% ±1.9% (11,038  ±1,086) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

91.9% ±4.4% (30,384  ±1,452.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
44.3% ±2.9% (14,636  ±948.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

3.8% (2,133  ±418) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

4.7% ±0.7% (2,187  ±332) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,187 Total veterans ±332 2,073 Male ±305 114 Female ±81

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