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Washington County, MS

44,604 Population
724 square miles 61.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$23,190 ±$1,247 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $29,209 ±$294
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$38,394 ±$4,280 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $52,985 ±$527
  • about half the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

29.3% ±2.6% (12,788  ±1,154) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.2% 548,804 (±0.3% / ±8,778)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

19.7 minutes ±1.3 (314,450  ±24,505) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 29,946,516 (±0.2 / ±313,109)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

17,290 ±369 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,121,269 ±4,612
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.5 ±0.1 (43,870  ±28) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,864,355
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

5.1% ±1.8% (519  ±183) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,301 (±0.3% / ±1,800)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

20,927 ±39 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,324,992 ±359
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$93,000 ±$6,104 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $151,000 ±$1,427
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

12% ±1.8% (5,308  ±,796.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11.7% 341,664 (±0.3% / ±7,788.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

80.1% ±3.6% (23,533  ±1,069.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.2% 1,697,223 (±0.6% / ±11,026.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
20.6% ±1.9% (6,052  ±,551.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 23.9% 470,071 (±0.3% / ±5,804.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

0.8% (358  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 2.3% 68,257
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

4.2% ±0.6% (1,396  ±213) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 155,583 (±0.1% / ±3,073)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
1,396 Total veterans ±213 1,329 Male ±207 67 Female ±42

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