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District 2, Pearl River County, MS

12,120 Population
295.4 square miles 41 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pearl River County: 41.6 ±0.6
  • 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

$30,348 ±$2,874 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Pearl River County: $29,524 ±$1,582
  • a little less than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,689 ±$5,296 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Pearl River County: $58,135 ±$5,163
  • a little less than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.2% ±4.1% (1,487  ±476) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pearl River County: 16.5% † 9,273 (±2% / ±1,149)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

37.4 minutes ±2.5 (163,970  ±26,529) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Pearl River County: 35.4 758,410 (±2.3 / ±64,536)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,645 ±356 Number of households
  • Pearl River County: 21,880 ±460
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (11,341  ±978) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pearl River County: 2.6 56,277 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.1% ±2.5% (96  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Pearl River County: 6.8% † 864 (±2.1% / ±263)
  • 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

5,537 ±463 Number of housing units
  • Pearl River County: 25,442 ±39
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$177,600 ±$23,551 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Pearl River County: $182,300 ±$11,291
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.5% ±3.7% (1,391  ±456.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pearl River County: 8.4% † 4,758 (±1.5% / ±844.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.8% ±4.1% (7,435  ±688.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pearl River County: 88.4% 34,785 (±3.7% / ±1,485)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.2% ±3.6% (1,777  ±321.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pearl River County: 17% 6,672 (±1.6% / ±611.2)
  • about 90 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

1.3% ±0.7% (158  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pearl River County: 1.9% 1,107
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±1.9% (718  ±187) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pearl River County: 8.2% † 3,651 (±1% / ±460)
  • 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)
718 Total veterans ±187 601 Male ±164 117 Female ±72

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