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District 1, DeSoto County, MS

39,801 Population
87.7 square miles 454 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in DeSoto County: 37 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$37,188 ±$2,057 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in DeSoto County: $36,569 ±$935
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$92,862 ±$5,549 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in DeSoto County: $82,980 ±$2,193
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

7.2% ±1.6% (2,849  ±664) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in DeSoto County: 10% 18,650 (±1% / ±1,789)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

24.4 minutes ±1.4 (474,285  ±42,200) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in DeSoto County: 26.3 2,273,185 (±0.6 / ±69,388)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

14,241 ±770 Number of households
  • DeSoto County: 69,327 ±571
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.8 ±0.2 (39,774  ±2,058) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in DeSoto County: 2.7 187,694 (±0 / ±38)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

6.7% ±2% (687  ±214) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in DeSoto County: 6% † 2,865 (±0.9% / ±434)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

14,718 ±741 Number of housing units
  • DeSoto County: 74,066 ±62
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$262,400 ±$9,207 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in DeSoto County: $248,700 ±$5,817
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

10.3% ±2.2% (4,035  ±881.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in DeSoto County: 10.7% † 19,964 (±1.1% / ±2,090.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

93.2% ±1.5% (24,402  ±1,373.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in DeSoto County: 91.4% 113,909 (±2.2% / ±2,777.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
27.1% ±2% (7,092  ±646.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in DeSoto County: 28.3% 35,276 (±1.2% / ±1,550.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4% ±1% (1,573  ±403) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in DeSoto County: 4.2% 7,832
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

8.4% ±1.4% (2,494  ±439) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in DeSoto County: 7.4% 10,341 (±0.7% / ±954)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
2,494 Total veterans ±439 2,026 Male ±355 468 Female ±195

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