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District 5, George County, MS

4,020 Population
137.4 square miles 29.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.2 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in George County: 36.3 ±0.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,999 ±$3,597 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in George County: $28,843 ±$2,119
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,556 ±$15,099 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in George County: $59,758 ±$4,688
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.3% ±6.7% (1,077  ±329) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in George County: 18.3% † 4,457 (±3.2% / ±780)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.5 minutes ±3.8 (40,320  ±12,635) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in George County: 34.4 294,145 (±1.7 / ±26,084)
  • about 25 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

1,396 ±215 Number of households
  • George County: 9,302 ±251
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.3 (3,924  ±719) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in George County: 2.6 24,558 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • 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

37.9% ±17.6% (369  ±191) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in George County: 14.3% † 793 (±4.7% / ±260)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,597 ±248 Number of housing units
  • George County: 10,373 ±22
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$168,600 ±$16,605 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in George County: $166,900 ±$9,153
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.1% ±7.8% (497  ±305.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in George County: 10.1% † 2,487 (±2.3% / ±557.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.3% ±24.4% (2,043  ±356) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in George County: 87.4% 14,382 (±5.9% / ±983.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.2% ±5.9% (384  ±153.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in George County: 17.5% † 2,881 (±2.6% / ±431.1)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

3.8% ±2.2% (100  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in George County: 7.6% † 1,396 (±1.7% / ±309)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
100 Total veterans ±62 74 Male ±58 26 Female ±31

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