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District 2, Harrison County, MS

56,279 Population
152.7 square miles 368.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Harrison County: 38.5 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,535 ±$1,757 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Harrison County: $33,062 ±$807
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,203 ±$4,126 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Harrison County: $59,479 ±$1,997
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.5% ±2.4% (8,072  ±1,345) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Harrison County: 17.1% 35,147 (±1.1% / ±2,277)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.5 minutes ±1.2 (604,510  ±49,470) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Harrison County: 24.3 2,088,685 (±0.9 / ±90,171)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

22,124 ±854 Number of households
  • Harrison County: 83,358 ±746
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (56,052  ±2,020) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Harrison County: 2.5 206,416 (±0 / ±89)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±1.8% (634  ±234) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Harrison County: 5.4% † 2,683 (±0.9% / ±430)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

24,744 ±864 Number of housing units
  • Harrison County: 94,898 ±104
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$222,700 ±$5,355 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Harrison County: $212,200 ±$4,602
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±2.2% (6,907  ±1,241.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Harrison County: 15.5% 32,255 (±1% / ±2,137.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±2.6% (35,521  ±1,680.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Harrison County: 89.4% 127,425 (±2.1% / ±2,922.8)
  • a little 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)
27.6% ±2% (10,623  ±877.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Harrison County: 27.5% 39,154 (±1.1% / ±1,616.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.5% ±0.5% (1,396  ±299) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Harrison County: 4.7% 9,817
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

15.3% ±1.8% (6,486  ±794) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Harrison County: 13.3% 20,597 (±0.7% / ±1,151)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
6,486 Total veterans ±794 5,380 Male ±702 1,106 Female ±279

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