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District 2, Attala County, MS

3,653 Population
131.5 square miles 27.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±10.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Attala County: 39.4 ±0.9
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,229 ±$11,440 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Attala County: $31,953 † ±$3,245
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$30,278 ±$7,639 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Attala County: $51,639 † ±$5,901
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.9% ±8.3% (1,091  ±370) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Attala County: 18% † 3,088 (±2.7% / ±471)
  • about 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)

19.5 minutes ±1.9 (25,820  ±7,558) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Attala County: 34.3 † 248,535 (±5 / ±39,677)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,452 ±211 Number of households
  • Attala County: 6,627 ±237
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (3,653  ±707) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Attala County: 2.6 17,189 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • 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

13.2% ±7.1% (128  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Attala County: 6.9% † 277 (±2.6% / ±106)
  • more than 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

1,673 ±206 Number of housing units
  • Attala County: 8,342 ±23
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$101,200 ±$14,566 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Attala County: $104,600 ±$9,510
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.5% ±11.8% (769  ±445.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Attala County: 12.7% † 2,191 (±3.1% / ±530.1)
  • about double the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85% ±7.2% (1,950  ±328) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Attala County: 88.2% 10,240 (±5.2% / ±631.1)
  • 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)
13.3% ±3.9% (304  ±99.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Attala County: 19.8% † 2,297 (±2.7% / ±315.3)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about two-fifths 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

0.7% ±1% (26  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Attala County: 0.2% 26
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±3% (148  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Attala County: 6.4% † 832 (±1.9% / ±247)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
148 Total veterans ±86 112 Male ±72 36 Female ±34

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