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Walthall County, MS

13,864 Population
403.9 square miles 34.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,082 ±$3,273 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$45,444 ±$7,978 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

18.1% ±4.3% (2,465  ±590) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than 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)

37 minutes ±5.9 (171,125  ±32,055) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

5,400 ±338 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.2 (13,707  ±13) 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

2.9% ±2.7% (90  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

6,883 ±16 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$120,600 ±$20,504 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

10.3% ±4.4% (1,400  ±599) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

80% ±7.3% (7,504  ±714.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
13.2% ±3.2% (1,234  ±299.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

1.4% (193  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

3.7% ±1.1% (396  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
396 Total veterans ±119 375 Male ±113 21 Female ±32

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