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Wayne County, MS

19,718 Population
810.7 square miles 24.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,879 ±$2,647 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$37,619 ±$5,069 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.8% ±5.6% (4,486  ±1,096) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.2 minutes ±3.8 (236,390  ±32,620) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,681 ±285 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (19,612  ±9) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±2.8% (160  ±121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,143 ±17 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$91,100 ±$8,311 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.9% ±2.9% (1,542  ±559.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.3% ±6.6% (11,076  ±881.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16% ±3.2% (2,075  ±414.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.1% (615  ±426) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±1.5% (676  ±215) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
676 Total veterans ±215 647 Male ±212 29 Female ±34

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