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District 2, Kemper County, MS

1,489 Population
184.5 square miles 8.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±12.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kemper County: 40.6 ±1.9
  • 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

$23,968 ±$6,067 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Kemper County: $23,498 ±$1,875
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$40,521 ±$15,882 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kemper County: $46,431 † ±$5,352
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.4% ±9.9% (214  ±157) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kemper County: 24.8% † 1,990 (±4.9% / ±391)
  • 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)

32.2 minutes ±3.9 (17,185  ±6,343) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Kemper County: 31.2 104,320 (±2.3 / ±13,066)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

665 ±154 Number of households
  • Kemper County: 3,223 ±177
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (1,489  ±377) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kemper County: 2.5 7,976 (±0.1 / ±39)
  • 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

19.9% ±30.2% (49  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kemper County: 13.1% † 237 (±7.1% / ±130)
  • 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

874 ±178 Number of housing units
  • Kemper County: 3,948 ±22
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$79,000 ±$23,480 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kemper County: $99,600 † ±$21,335
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.2% ±14.9% (278  ±226.3) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Kemper County: 9.6% † 828 (±3.9% / ±331.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

76.5% ±13.4% (877  ±258.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kemper County: 84.3% † 5,046 (±8.9% / ±547.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17% ±8.7% (195  ±109.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kemper County: 18.6% † 1,112 (±4.6% / ±278.2)
  • 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

0.1% ±0.3% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kemper County: 0.5% 44
  • 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

5% ±5.4% (60  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kemper County: 7.5% † 534 (±2% / ±141)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
60 Total veterans ±66 60 Male ±66 N/A Female ±14

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