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District 1, Benton County, MS

1,395 Population
99.8 square miles 14 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Benton County: 44.5 ±2.9
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,643 ±$6,312 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Benton County: $25,190 ±$1,616
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,250 ±$28,269 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Benton County: $46,016 † ±$8,749
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.6% ±17.5% (357  ±252) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Benton County: 21.5% † 1,613 (±5.1% / ±385)
  • about 1.4 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)

31.8 minutes ±2.1 (21,665  ±7,473) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Benton County: 34.1 107,360 (±3 / ±12,225)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

657 ±131 Number of households
  • Benton County: 3,074 ±219
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.6 (1,395  ±247) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Benton County: 2.4 7,500 (±0.2 / ±29)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.7% ±12.1% (20  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Benton County: 8.6% † 128 (±4.2% / ±63)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

828 ±159 Number of housing units
  • Benton County: 4,091 ±33
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$109,800 ±$23,909 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Benton County: $105,100 ±$8,693
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

85.8% ±13% (964  ±217.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Benton County: 81.6% 4,453 (±7.5% / ±427.1)
  • 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)
10.3% ±7.1% (116  ±82.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Benton County: 12.8% † 697 (±2.8% / ±153.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about one-quarter 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

1.5% ±1.7% (17  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Benton County: 4.8% † 289 (±1.7% / ±104)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
17 Total veterans ±19 10 Male ±14 7 Female ±13

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