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Hattiesburg, MS

48,466 Population
53.4 square miles 906.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 35.6 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,005 ±$2,122 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $31,097 ±$1,436
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $29,209 ±$294
$41,024 ±$3,593 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $55,078 ±$1,749
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $52,985 ±$527

32% ±3.6% (14,257  ±1,596) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 20.5% 34,182 (±1.4% / ±2,279)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.2% 548,804 (±0.3% / ±8,778)

15.9 minutes ±0.9 (354,390  ±24,307) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 23.9 1,776,560 (±0.8 / ±70,871)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 29,946,516 (±0.2 / ±313,109)

Families

19,787 ±591 Number of households
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 65,663 ±736
  • Mississippi: 1,121,269 ±4,612
2.3 ±0.1 (44,544  ±78) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.6 167,400 (±0 / ±75)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,864,355

6.7% ±2.2% (1,022  ±341) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 5.5% † 2,501 (±1% / ±449)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,301 (±0.3% / ±1,800)

Housing

22,664 ±532 Number of housing units
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 74,649 ±69
  • Mississippi: 1,324,992 ±359

$146,600 ±$8,503 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $160,200 ±$4,594
  • a little less than the amount in Mississippi: $151,000 ±$1,427

24.3% ±3% (11,545  ±1,427.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 14.5% 24,685 (±1.3% / ±2,141.5)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 11.7% 341,664 (±0.3% / ±7,788.3)

Social

88.8% ±4.3% (24,835  ±1,330.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 89.2% 98,542 (±2.3% / ±2,551.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 86.2% 1,697,223 (±0.6% / ±11,026.6)
35% ±2.8% (9,782  ±,813.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 27.9% 30,846 (±1.3% / ±1,416.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 23.9% 470,071 (±0.3% / ±5,804.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.8% ±0.6% (1,376  ±286) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.2% 3,799
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.3% 68,257

4.3% ±0.8% (1,652  ±323) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 7.1% 9,306 (±0.6% / ±762)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 155,583 (±0.1% / ±3,073)
1,652 Total veterans ±323 1,481 Male ±316 171 Female ±76

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