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District 5, DeSoto County, MS

42,309 Population
146.6 square miles 288.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in DeSoto County: 37.3 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,631 ±$2,177 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in DeSoto County: $38,113 ±$930
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$106,928 ±$6,599 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in DeSoto County: $85,297 ±$2,588
  • nearly double the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.2% ±1.4% (1,752  ±597) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in DeSoto County: 9.7% † 18,446 (±1.1% / ±2,121)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.6 minutes ±2.4 (565,915  ±62,099) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in DeSoto County: 26.2 2,298,395 (±0.7 / ±80,183)
  • 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

14,857 ±755 Number of households
  • DeSoto County: 70,986 ±670
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0 (41,916  ±2,145) Persons per household
  • a little higher than 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
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±2% (633  ±217) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in DeSoto County: 6.5% † 3,149 (±1.1% / ±555)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,615 ±699 Number of housing units
  • DeSoto County: 75,437 ±100
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$349,000 ±$9,722 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in DeSoto County: $269,600 ±$5,560
  • more than double the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.2% ±2.8% (4,675  ±1,192.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in DeSoto County: 9.2% † 17,437 (±1% / ±1,910.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.6% ±3% (26,025  ±1,441.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in DeSoto County: 91.7% 116,116 (±2.3% / ±2,897.6)
  • about 10 percent 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)
41.4% ±2.8% (11,509  ±926.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in DeSoto County: 29% 36,685 (±1.3% / ±1,578.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

3.1% ±1% (1,292  ±439) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in DeSoto County: 4% 7,688
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±1.2% (1,901  ±378) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in DeSoto County: 7.3% 10,515 (±0.7% / ±962)
  • 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)
1,901 Total veterans ±378 1,695 Male ±359 206 Female ±101

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