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District 5, Wilkinson County, MS

2,265 Population
143.2 square miles 15.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wilkinson County: 40.9 ±2.9
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,345 ±$4,667 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wilkinson County: $20,764 † ±$3,082
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,843 ±$10,260 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wilkinson County: $35,311 † ±$5,120
  • a little less than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.6% ±9.5% (248  ±148) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wilkinson County: 27.5% † 1,947 (±6.7% / ±474)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.3 minutes ±20.8 (13,925  ±6,658) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wilkinson County: 38.3 † 82,090 (±6 / ±18,717)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

574 ±167 Number of households
  • Wilkinson County: 3,185 ±268
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (1,331  ±413) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wilkinson County: 2.2 7,094 (±0.2 / ±93)
  • 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

5.8% ±9.9% (15  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wilkinson County: 7.8% † 121 (±6.6% / ±103)
  • about the same as 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

869 ±176 Number of housing units
  • Wilkinson County: 4,608 ±43
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$112,000 ±$11,276 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wilkinson County: $90,000 † ±$9,829
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.6% ±4% (396  ±116.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Wilkinson County: 8.5% † 687 (±3.2% / ±259.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

69.9% ±8.1% (1,227  ±241.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wilkinson County: 86.2% † 5,076 (±8.6% / ±542.3)
  • 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)
9.2% ±4.9% (161  ±90) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wilkinson County: 8.8% † 520 (±2.8% / ±163.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about one-quarter 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% (9  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Wilkinson County: 0.1% 9
  • 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

3.3% ±2.1% (66  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wilkinson County: 5% † 325 (±2.1% / ±136)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
66 Total veterans ±43 66 Male ±43 N/A Female ±14

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