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District 5, Holmes County, MS

2,897 Population
160.2 square miles 18.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±4.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Holmes County: 36.3 ±1
  • 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

$23,912 ±$4,311 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Holmes County: $22,845 † ±$2,456
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,325 ±$6,152 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Holmes County: $32,538 † ±$4,202
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

38.1% ±7.2% (1,103  ±263) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Holmes County: 36.4% † 5,558 (±4.6% / ±697)
  • about double 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)

34.9 minutes ±10.1 (36,260  ±14,619) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Holmes County: 36 † 178,670 (±4.2 / ±26,430)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,261 ±176 Number of households
  • Holmes County: 6,157 ±183
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (2,897  ±419) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Holmes County: 2.5 15,336 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.8% ±11.1% (134  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Holmes County: 8% † 307 (±3.6% / ±136)
  • 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

1,408 ±182 Number of housing units
  • Holmes County: 7,595 ±36
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$74,500 ±$17,100 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Holmes County: $80,400 † ±$10,741
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1% ±1.3% (29  ±35.6) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Holmes County: 7.1% † 1,128 (±1.8% / ±282.1)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.6% ±7.3% (1,682  ±261.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Holmes County: 83.8% 8,800 (±5.2% / ±545.7)
  • 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)
22.1% ±6.4% (429  ±136.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Holmes County: 14% † 1,464 (±2.2% / ±232.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.2% ±0.2% (5  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Holmes County: 0.4% 62
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4% ±2.6% (85  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Holmes County: 4.2% † 519 (±1.1% / ±130)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
85 Total veterans ±57 85 Male ±57 N/A Female ±14

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