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Hattiesburg, MS

47,074 Population
53.4 square miles 880.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 35.8 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 37.8 ±0.2

Economics

$24,878 ±$2,291 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $28,820 ±$1,545
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $26,807 ±$248
$38,293 ±$2,933 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $51,454 ±$1,389
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $49,111 ±$447

32% ±3.3% (14,098  ±1,454) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 20.8% 34,839 (±1.4% / ±2,407)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.4% 557,111 (±0.3% / ±8,218)

16.4 minutes ±1.2 (348,480  ±29,556) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 23.6 1,728,420 (±0.9 / ±72,691)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 30,048,524 (±0.2 / ±328,460)

Families

18,594 ±741 Number of households
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 64,998 ±816
  • Mississippi: 1,108,670 ±4,270
2.4 ±0.1 (43,873  ±535) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.6 167,575 (±0 / ±553)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,879,329 (±0)

7% ±2.4% (1,007  ±345) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 6.2% † 2,730 (±1.2% / ±518)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,201 (±0.3% / ±1,803)

Housing

21,627 ±626 Number of housing units
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 74,222 ±223
  • Mississippi: 1,317,375 ±836

$131,300 ±$10,491 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $147,800 ±$6,113
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $133,000 ±$1,361

25.5% ±3.2% (11,785  ±1,475.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 15.4% 26,083 (±1.4% / ±2,343.6)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 12.1% 354,313 (±0.3% / ±7,862.9)

Social

88.6% ±4.5% (24,978  ±1,410.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 88.4% 98,428 (±2.4% / ±2,689.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 85.6% 1,690,583 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
34.4% ±2.9% (9,707  ±839.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 27.6% 30,720 (±1.3% / ±1,446.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 23.3% 458,928 (±0.3% / ±5,963.1)

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

3.1% ±0.7% (1,475  ±341) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.2% † 3,724 (±0.4% / ±614)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.3% 68,580 (±0.1% / ±2,186)

5.5% ±1% (2,017  ±378) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 7.9% 10,187 (±0.6% / ±772)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 7.1% 159,142 (±0.2% / ±3,448)
2,017 Total veterans ±378 1,823 Male ±352 194 Female ±101

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