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District 2, Rankin County, MS

37,734 Population
57.6 square miles 655.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Rankin County: 39.6 ±0.4
  • 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

$50,244 ±$2,818 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Rankin County: $38,935 ±$1,214
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$103,084 ±$5,970 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Rankin County: $79,357 ±$3,097
  • nearly double the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.2% ±1.3% (1,579  ±496) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rankin County: 9.8% † 15,152 (±1.3% / ±2,019)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.3 minutes ±0.6 (451,375  ±32,620) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Rankin County: 26.6 1,902,315 (±0.9 / ±75,745)
  • 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

14,880 ±677 Number of households
  • Rankin County: 60,133 ±619
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (37,663  ±1,687) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rankin County: 2.6 153,652 (±0 / ±70)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.3% ±2.3% (480  ±206) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Rankin County: 5.2% † 2,028 (±1.2% / ±448)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,667 ±613 Number of housing units
  • Rankin County: 64,415 ±69
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$282,500 ±$8,031 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rankin County: $237,400 ±$5,888
  • 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

10.9% ±2.4% (4,069  ±904.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rankin County: 11.7% † 18,424 (±1.4% / ±2,176.7)
  • about the same as 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

93.5% ±2.9% (24,562  ±1,278) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rankin County: 90.3% 99,879 (±2.4% / ±2,663.6)
  • about 10 percent 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)
46.3% ±2.7% (12,157  ±859.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rankin County: 33.5% 37,042 (±1.5% / ±1,612)
  • nearly double the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about 1.3 times 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

3.1% ±0.9% (1,169  ±357) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rankin County: 2.5% 3,975
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±1.4% (2,024  ±426) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Rankin County: 7% 8,654 (±0.6% / ±775)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,024 Total veterans ±426 1,911 Male ±433 113 Female ±78

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