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District 5, Quitman County, MS

1,032 Population
88.5 square miles 11.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±10.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Quitman County: 41.2 ±0.8
  • 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

$21,024 ±$3,045 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Quitman County: $22,429 † ±$2,261
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$31,918 ±$9,166 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Quitman County: $32,412 † ±$5,527
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.2% ±9.4% (268  ±107) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Quitman County: 29.6% † 1,667 (±5.8% / ±325)
  • 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)

45.8 minutes ±19.5 (12,685  ±7,421) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Quitman County: 33 † 61,975 (±3.5 / ±9,582)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

523 ±101 Number of households
  • Quitman County: 2,643 ±104
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.1 (984  ±195) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Quitman County: 2.1 5,635 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±8.5% (9  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Quitman County: 8.9% † 110 (±4.7% / ±59)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

610 ±107 Number of housing units
  • Quitman County: 3,026 ±30
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$55,000 ±$22,396 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Quitman County: $69,600 † ±$8,846
  • about one-third of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

27.8% ±15.5% (282  ±166.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Quitman County: 15.7% † 899 (±4.8% / ±271.2)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

72.1% ±11.4% (571  ±136) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Quitman County: 81.1% 3,219 (±6.6% / ±264)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.6% ±7.6% (100  ±62.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Quitman County: 17.1% † 679 (±3.2% / ±127.5)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about one-third 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

0.4% ±0.8% (4  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Quitman County: 0.1% 4
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±4.7% (51  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Quitman County: 7.3% † 323 (±2.4% / ±105)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
51 Total veterans ±38 32 Male ±26 19 Female ±28

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