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District 3, DeSoto County, MS

36,778 Population
102.8 square miles 357.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in DeSoto County: 37.3 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,081 ±$2,436 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in DeSoto County: $38,113 ±$930
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,714 ±$4,077 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in DeSoto County: $85,297 ±$2,588
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.3% ±3.2% (7,028  ±1,222) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in DeSoto County: 9.7% † 18,446 (±1.1% / ±2,121)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.7 minutes ±1.4 (413,610  ±39,063) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in DeSoto County: 26.2 2,298,395 (±0.7 / ±80,183)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,804 ±713 Number of households
  • DeSoto County: 70,986 ±670
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (36,657  ±2,098) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in DeSoto County: 2.7 190,509 (±0 / ±41)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±2% (377  ±191) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in DeSoto County: 6.5% † 3,149 (±1.1% / ±555)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,110 ±622 Number of housing units
  • DeSoto County: 75,437 ±100
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$181,500 ±$8,439 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in DeSoto County: $269,600 ±$5,560
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.5% ±1.7% (2,375  ±621) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in DeSoto County: 9.2% † 17,437 (±1% / ±1,910.4)
  • about three-fifths of 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

86.3% ±3.1% (20,125  ±1,325) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in DeSoto County: 91.7% 116,116 (±2.3% / ±2,897.6)
  • 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)
17.7% ±2.3% (4,115  ±589.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in DeSoto County: 29% 36,685 (±1.3% / ±1,578.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about half 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

3.8% ±1.1% (1,404  ±399) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in DeSoto County: 4% 7,688
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±1.8% (1,789  ±490) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in DeSoto County: 7.3% 10,515 (±0.7% / ±962)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,789 Total veterans ±490 1,695 Male ±487 94 Female ±45

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