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District 5, Kemper County, MS

2,636 Population
94.9 square miles 27.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kemper County: 40.7 ±1.3
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$17,051 ±$2,936 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kemper County: $22,637 ±$2,220
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$31,818 ±$26,703 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kemper County: $43,595 † ±$4,725
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

44% ±11.1% (983  ±297) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kemper County: 24.6% † 1,978 (±5.1% / ±407)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

19.8 minutes ±4 (12,995  ±5,319) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kemper County: 32.2 103,740 (±2.8 / ±16,143)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

900 ±197 Number of households
  • Kemper County: 3,209 ±178
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.4 ±0.7 (2,189  ±370) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kemper County: 2.5 7,989 (±0.1 / ±45)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

37.7% ±15.6% (170  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Kemper County: 12.2% † 232 (±5.8% / ±113)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

1,091 ±204 Number of housing units
  • Kemper County: 3,937 ±32
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$103,800 ±$41,266 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kemper County: $90,200 † ±$12,433
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

9.5% ±3.4% (241  ±93) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kemper County: 10.5% † 915 (±3.5% / ±304.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

77.1% ±10.2% (1,363  ±288.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kemper County: 79.6% † 4,767 (±8.3% / ±520.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
11.9% ±4.4% (211  ±84.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kemper County: 17.8% † 1,064 (±4.3% / ±257.1)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% ±0.6% (8  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kemper County: 0.3% 23
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

9.5% ±4.7% (185  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kemper County: 6.8% † 491 (±1.9% / ±139)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
185 Total veterans ±96 185 Male ±96 N/A Female ±14

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