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District 5, Smith County, MS

2,830 Population
187.6 square miles 15.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±7.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Smith County: 43.5 ±0.9
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,360 ±$11,837 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Smith County: $29,605 ±$2,690
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,202 ±$30,845 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Smith County: $60,916 ±$4,871
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.1% ±6.1% (369  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Smith County: 17.1% † 2,383 (±3.7% / ±512)
  • 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)

28.2 minutes ±4.2 (24,025  ±7,205) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Smith County: 30.7 159,065 (±1.8 / ±13,774)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,225 ±228 Number of households
  • Smith County: 5,592 ±235
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (2,821  ±593) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Smith County: 2.5 13,975 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.5% ±2.7% (7  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Smith County: 5.9% † 181 (±3% / ±93)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,381 ±240 Number of housing units
  • Smith County: 6,714 ±34
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$156,500 ±$30,909 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Smith County: $112,600 † ±$13,162
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.2% ±2.3% (89  ±66.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Smith County: 5.5% † 764 (±1.9% / ±271.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.4% ±7.4% (1,730  ±315.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Smith County: 85.2% 8,341 (±5.9% / ±592.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.3% ±5.3% (330  ±119.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Smith County: 15.6% † 1,529 (±3% / ±292)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about half 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

3.4% ±3% (95  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Smith County: 1.3% 188
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±4.2% (142  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Smith County: 4.7% † 512 (±1.5% / ±158)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
142 Total veterans ±100 142 Male ±100 N/A Female ±14

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