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District 5, Monroe County, MS

6,614 Population
148.6 square miles 44.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Monroe County: 41.7 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,740 ±$2,984 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $29,127 ±$1,477
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,404 ±$12,870 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $51,866 ±$4,364
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.9% ±7.2% (1,776  ±536) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Monroe County: 18% † 5,924 (±2.7% / ±880)
  • about 1.4 times 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)

27.9 minutes ±5.1 (67,415  ±16,730) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 25.5 328,980 (±2 / ±30,858)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,566 ±290 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 13,895 ±415
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (6,609  ±899) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 2.4 33,238 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±3.2% (55  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 5.3% † 394 (±2% / ±151)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,342 ±381 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 16,843 ±28
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$95,800 ±$11,873 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $120,800 ±$9,456
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±4.9% (678  ±332.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 9.4% † 3,147 (±2% / ±661.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77.3% ±15.2% (3,476  ±473.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 84.5% 19,874 (±3.9% / ±958.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.3% ±3.3% (419  ±160.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 16.4% † 3,861 (±2% / ±470.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about one-quarter 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.5% ±1.9% (230  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 7.7% † 2,007 (±1.3% / ±330)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
230 Total veterans ±101 218 Male ±100 12 Female ±19

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