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District 2, Covington County, MS

3,469 Population
93.4 square miles 37.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Covington County: 37.3 ±1.5
  • 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

$32,058 ±$7,390 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Covington County: $27,839 ±$2,334
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,083 ±$20,108 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Covington County: $45,051 † ±$7,205
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.9% ±12% (848  ±435) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Covington County: 19.8% † 3,526 (±4.4% / ±790)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.7 minutes ±5.1 (26,070  ±8,885) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Covington County: 23.8 161,095 (±1.7 / ±17,580)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,520 ±243 Number of households
  • Covington County: 7,323 ±260
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (3,404  ±602) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Covington County: 2.4 17,863 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.3% ±3.3% (17  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Covington County: 4.1% † 161 (±2.4% / ±95)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,790 ±318 Number of housing units
  • Covington County: 8,397 ±18
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$124,100 ±$36,863 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Covington County: $105,100 † ±$16,822
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.8% ±2.7% (132  ±96) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Covington County: 4.7% † 848 (±1.9% / ±347.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.5% ±9.4% (2,049  ±390.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Covington County: 83.1% 10,161 (±6.4% / ±805.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.6% ±5.3% (367  ±144) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Covington County: 17.4% † 2,129 (±3% / ±369.2)
  • about three-fifths of 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

0.4% ±0.5% (13  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Covington County: 1.1% 206
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±4.1% (167  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Covington County: 6.2% † 846 (±1.6% / ±225)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
167 Total veterans ±111 162 Male ±108 5 Female ±12

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