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Hattiesburg, MS

46,098 Population
53.4 square miles 862.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29 ±1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 35.2 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$21,673 ±$1,595 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $24,974 ±$799
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $24,369 ±$225
$34,735 ±$2,450 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $46,800 ±$1,666
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $45,081 ±$385

32.5% ±2.9% (13,884  ±1,259) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 22.4% 36,590 (±1.4% / ±2,264)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 20.3% 585,786 (±0.3% / ±9,127)

16.9 minutes ±1.4 (349,830  ±31,910) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 24.4 1,714,255 (±0.9 / ±69,144)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 24.8 29,583,100 (±0.2 / ±265,249)

Families

17,778 ±576 Number of households
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 61,584 ±919
  • Mississippi: 1,104,394 ±4,685
2.4 ±0.1 (42,466  ±453) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.7 163,725 (±0 / ±484)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,889,445 (±0)

3.9% ±1.3% (565  ±188) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 5.1% † 2,213 (±0.9% / ±410)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 5.2% 36,728 (±0.2% / ±1,480)

Housing

21,210 ±577 Number of housing units
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 71,906 ±201
  • Mississippi: 1,322,808 ±439

$113,200 ±$10,494 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $137,100 ±$5,735
  • a little less than the amount in Mississippi: $119,000 ±$847

26.2% ±3% (11,931  ±1,378.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 17.6% 29,247 (±1.6% / ±2,604.1)
  • about double the rate in Mississippi: 13.1% 386,200 (±0.3% / ±7,450.2)

Social

87.5% ±3.8% (24,091  ±1,203.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 87.4% 94,785 (±2.3% / ±2,471.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 84.5% 1,669,565 (±0.5% / ±10,029.5)
32.6% ±2.5% (8,982  ±724.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 27.4% 29,716 (±1.3% / ±1,416.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 22% 435,153 (±0.3% / ±5,255.8)

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

3.6% ±0.8% (1,672  ±354) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.3% † 3,894 (±0.3% / ±480)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,469 (±0.1% / ±2,271)

6% ±1.2% (2,181  ±425) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 8% 10,150 (±0.6% / ±810)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 7.3% 165,538 (±0.1% / ±2,887)
2,181 Total veterans ±425 1,954 Male ±408 227 Female ±132

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