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District 2, Amite County, MS

2,759 Population
138.3 square miles 19.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Amite County: 49.2 ±1.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,176 ±$3,603 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Amite County: $24,724 † ±$2,530
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$40,660 ±$8,806 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Amite County: $37,222 ±$2,862
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

30.7% ±12.1% (848  ±358) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Amite County: 27.7% † 3,445 (±5.4% / ±667)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

41.5 minutes ±7.4 (29,190  ±10,495) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Amite County: 34.8 † 125,990 (±4 / ±20,376)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,418 ±218 Number of households
  • Amite County: 5,850 ±276
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0 (2,759  ±427) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Amite County: 2.1 12,460 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.5% ±7.4% (57  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Amite County: 5.2% † 121 (±2.7% / ±63)
  • about double the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,736 ±228 Number of housing units
  • Amite County: 7,346 ±24
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$84,500 ±$11,524 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Amite County: $100,800 † ±$12,231
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.2% ±6% (189  ±160.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Amite County: 6.5% † 803 (±2.5% / ±315)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.7% ±8.4% (1,877  ±322.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Amite County: 86.8% 7,919 (±6.7% / ±618.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.6% ±4.7% (269  ±108.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Amite County: 11.2% † 1,023 (±2.5% / ±227.2)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about one-third of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.3% ±3% (96  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Amite County: 3.7% † 373 (±1.1% / ±110)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
96 Total veterans ±69 79 Male ±65 17 Female ±27

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