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District 5, Tallahatchie County, MS

3,056 Population
127.1 square miles 24 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±4.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Tallahatchie County: 39.7 ±1.4
  • 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

$17,897 ±$3,416 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tallahatchie County: $22,562 ±$1,936
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,607 ±$8,976 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Tallahatchie County: $37,466 † ±$5,737
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.4% ±6.2% (345  ±170) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Tallahatchie County: 24.6% † 2,748 (±4.3% / ±484)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30 minutes ±4.6 (27,825  ±8,680) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Tallahatchie County: 28.8 † 114,545 (±3.3 / ±16,965)
  • about 20 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

1,014 ±172 Number of households
  • Tallahatchie County: 4,306 ±208
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.6 (2,582  ±430) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tallahatchie County: 2.6 11,184 (±0.1 / ±49)
  • 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

0.6% ±0.7% (3  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tallahatchie County: 2.4% † 59 (±1.7% / ±42)
  • about 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

1,226 ±187 Number of housing units
  • Tallahatchie County: 5,505 ±25
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$69,300 ±$13,581 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tallahatchie County: $82,300 † ±$11,290
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±4.5% (358  ±145.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tallahatchie County: 7.8% † 910 (±2.7% / ±314.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.7% ±8.1% (1,751  ±282.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tallahatchie County: 81.1% 6,609 (±6.2% / ±551.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.8% ±5.5% (277  ±124.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tallahatchie County: 11.7% † 954 (±2.6% / ±212)
  • 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

2.8% ±3.4% (85  ±103) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Tallahatchie County: 1.2% 143
  • about 10 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

5.5% ±3.2% (139  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tallahatchie County: 6.2% † 581 (±1.4% / ±133)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
139 Total veterans ±82 139 Male ±82 N/A Female ±14

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