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District 4, Lamar County, MS

13,583 Population
69.4 square miles 195.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lamar County: 37.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,458 ±$7,724 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lamar County: $39,058 ±$3,166
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$92,033 ±$10,990 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lamar County: $70,909 ±$4,616
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.5% ±2.7% (1,150  ±379) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lamar County: 14.7% † 9,569 (±1.9% / ±1,239)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.8 minutes ±2.5 (155,155  ±23,927) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Lamar County: 26 756,285 (±1.3 / ±46,504)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,065 ±451 Number of households
  • Lamar County: 25,381 ±379
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (13,583  ±1,096) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lamar County: 2.6 65,426 (±0 / ±14)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2% ±1.7% (57  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lamar County: 4.7% † 785 (±1.4% / ±238)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,204 ±433 Number of housing units
  • Lamar County: 27,685 ±53
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$282,500 ±$17,670 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lamar County: $224,700 ±$10,031
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±4.8% (1,644  ±667.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Lamar County: 12.4% † 8,072 (±1.9% / ±1,233.1)
  • 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

91.4% ±3.6% (8,784  ±800.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lamar County: 92% 40,739 (±3.9% / ±1,726.5)
  • 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)
42.4% ±4.3% (4,072  ±531.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lamar County: 34.5% 15,281 (±2.4% / ±1,064.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

1.1% ±0.8% (146  ±104) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lamar County: 2.5% 1,611
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±2% (790  ±226) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lamar County: 6.9% † 3,422 (±1% / ±489)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
790 Total veterans ±226 784 Male ±222 6 Female ±11

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