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District 5, Alcorn County, MS

6,410 Population
101.9 square miles 62.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alcorn County: 40.6 ±1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$31,477 ±$5,944 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alcorn County: $29,456 ±$2,323
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$38,804 ±$13,294 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alcorn County: $49,404 † ±$5,403
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

20.6% ±5.4% (1,267  ±379) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alcorn County: 17.4% † 5,863 (±2.3% / ±790)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

25.7 minutes ±5 (72,255  ±22,356) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alcorn County: 22.3 310,755 (±1.6 / ±26,261)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

2,960 ±349 Number of households
  • Alcorn County: 14,281 ±330
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.1 ±0.2 (6,151  ±867) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alcorn County: 2.4 33,768 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

2.3% ±2.5% (29  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Alcorn County: 6.8% † 498 (±2.8% / ±203)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

3,417 ±348 Number of housing units
  • Alcorn County: 16,242 ±37
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$144,000 ±$33,532 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alcorn County: $132,300 ±$10,466
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

10.2% ±3.7% (652  ±249.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alcorn County: 9.5% † 3,244 (±1.9% / ±647.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

85.3% ±5% (3,864  ±495.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alcorn County: 83.4% 20,051 (±4.4% / ±1,054.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
23.5% ±6% (1,064  ±297.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alcorn County: 18.4% † 4,431 (±2.3% / ±543.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

0.5% ±0.6% (30  ±38) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alcorn County: 1.2% 412
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

7.9% ±3.8% (420  ±209) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alcorn County: 5.4% † 1,447 (±1.1% / ±286)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
420 Total veterans ±209 371 Male ±182 49 Female ±64

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