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Lee County, MS

82,799 Population
450 square miles 184 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,695 ±$3,085 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,807 ±$569
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$68,233 ±$9,024 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $54,203 ±$1,260
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.5% ±2.9% (10,246  ±2,361) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 18% 512,184 (±0.8% / ±21,949)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.8 minutes ±0.8 (759,300  ±35,766) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 29,946,516 (±0.2 / ±313,109)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

32,115 ±1,313 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,166,617 ±7,610
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.1 (81,778  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 † 2,845,770 (±,476.2 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4% ±2.5% (809  ±500) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 5.6% † 38,972 (±0.6% / ±4,001)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

37,820 ±25 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,350,552 ±165
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$196,200 ±$18,770 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$2,842
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.3% ±2.3% (6,828  ±1,849.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 10.5% 305,979 (±0.5% / ±14,727.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

87.6% ±5.8% (47,336  ±3,172.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.8% 1,737,718 (±1.1% / ±21,525.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
30.6% ±3.5% (16,509  ±1,924.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 25.5% 505,672 (±0.6% / ±11,494.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

2.9% ±19,124.5% (2,360  ±724) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.6% † 75,165 (±,483.2% / ±4,781)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

5.1% ±1.5% (3,144  ±947) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 156,102 (±0.3% / ±6,129)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,144 Total veterans ±947 2,680 Male ±798 464 Female ±346

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