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District 5, Copiah County, MS

6,438 Population
126.2 square miles 51 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±9.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Copiah County: 39.6 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,516 ±$4,625 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Copiah County: $28,882 † ±$4,999
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,789 ±$20,521 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Copiah County: $49,089 ±$3,182
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.4% ±6.2% (794  ±417) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Copiah County: 23% † 6,149 (±3.2% / ±844)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.5 minutes ±4.1 (67,795  ±17,577) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Copiah County: 28.5 290,895 (±1.8 / ±26,316)
  • about 20 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

2,254 ±305 Number of households
  • Copiah County: 10,060 ±291
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (6,430  ±990) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Copiah County: 2.7 26,792 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±2.4% (49  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Copiah County: 4.5% † 281 (±1.8% / ±111)
  • 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

2,708 ±295 Number of housing units
  • Copiah County: 12,475 ±23
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$123,900 ±$25,221 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Copiah County: $114,100 ±$8,659
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6% ±3.3% (381  ±219.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Copiah County: 8.1% † 2,250 (±2.1% / ±584.4)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.6% ±17.9% (4,084  ±542.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Copiah County: 87.1% 16,282 (±5% / ±954.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.8% ±4.6% (1,004  ±248.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Copiah County: 19.7% † 3,680 (±2.5% / ±460.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.8% ±1% (54  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Copiah County: 2.2% 615
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.1% ±1.9% (149  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Copiah County: 4.8% † 1,044 (±1.1% / ±246)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
149 Total veterans ±93 131 Male ±83 18 Female ±28

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