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District 5, Lauderdale County, MS

13,538 Population
298.9 square miles 45.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lauderdale County: 39.7 ±0.4
  • 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

$27,625 ±$2,311 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lauderdale County: $28,930 ±$1,090
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,623 ±$11,785 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lauderdale County: $50,817 ±$2,933
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.3% ±4.1% (1,878  ±527) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lauderdale County: 26.3% † 18,056 (±2.7% / ±1,849)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.1 minutes ±1.8 (136,940  ±17,877) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Lauderdale County: 24 674,940 (±1.8 / ±57,893)
  • about the same as 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

5,160 ±397 Number of households
  • Lauderdale County: 28,707 ±527
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (12,266  ±921) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lauderdale County: 2.4 68,645 (±0 / ±62)
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±4.2% (128  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lauderdale County: 6.9% † 1,103 (±2.2% / ±347)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,658 ±395 Number of housing units
  • Lauderdale County: 33,551 ±42
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$148,000 ±$22,945 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lauderdale County: $133,300 ±$13,039
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.2% ±3.3% (1,107  ±453.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lauderdale County: 11.7% † 8,311 (±1.4% / ±976.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.4% ±3.8% (8,568  ±688.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lauderdale County: 86.6% 42,354 (±3.3% / ±1,619.6)
  • about the same as 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)
20.1% ±3.3% (1,971  ±352.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lauderdale County: 23.6% 11,523 (±1.7% / ±814.8)
  • about 80 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

1.8% ±1.3% (237  ±173) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Lauderdale County: 1.8% 1,258
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±1.6% (622  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lauderdale County: 8% † 4,331 (±0.9% / ±505)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
622 Total veterans ±178 571 Male ±178 51 Female ±50

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