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District 3, Sunflower County, MS

4,459 Population
96.8 square miles 46.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±7.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Sunflower County: 37.1 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,023 ±$5,794 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sunflower County: $21,138 ±$1,561
  • a little less than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,401 ±$23,787 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Sunflower County: $39,956 † ±$4,403
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.3% ±10.8% (1,097  ±507) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sunflower County: 28.9% † 6,133 (±3.8% / ±812)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.8 minutes ±6.1 (36,210  ±13,659) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Sunflower County: 20.2 164,885 (±1.8 / ±17,803)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,685 ±290 Number of households
  • Sunflower County: 8,034 ±228
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (4,337  ±779) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Sunflower County: 2.6 21,233 (±0.1 / ±144)
  • 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

0.4% ±0.8% (4  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Sunflower County: 5.3% † 271 (±2% / ±102)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,991 ±291 Number of housing units
  • Sunflower County: 9,423 ±62
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$138,700 ±$19,564 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sunflower County: $100,300 ±$9,349
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.5% ±4.3% (378  ±204.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sunflower County: 9.8% † 2,358 (±1.5% / ±354.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84% ±3% (2,534  ±437.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sunflower County: 75.5% 12,561 (±4.6% / ±772.9)
  • a little less than 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)
24.6% ±5.7% (742  ±211.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sunflower County: 16% † 2,668 (±2.1% / ±355.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.4% ±2.6% (150  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Sunflower County: 1.8% 429
  • 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

2.6% ±1.7% (84  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sunflower County: 3.7% † 706 (±1.2% / ±226)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
84 Total veterans ±57 84 Male ±57 N/A Female ±14

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