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Hattiesburg, MS

46,010 Population
53.4 square miles 861 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.4 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 37.7 ±0.2

Economics

$22,880 ±$2,541 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $26,504 ±$1,231
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $25,444 ±$208
$36,111 ±$3,119 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $48,231 ±$1,232
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $46,511 ±$373

32% ±3.7% (13,708  ±1,575) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 22.1% 36,332 (±1.7% / ±2,752)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.6% 564,439 (±0.4% / ±10,503)

16.9 minutes ±1.3 (346,065  ±30,008) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 24.1 1,722,660 (±0.9 / ±74,873)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.2 30,072,720 (±0.2 / ±336,381)

Families

17,828 ±632 Number of households
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 62,222 ±868
  • Mississippi: 1,116,649 ±4,463
2.4 ±0.1 (42,579  ±482) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.6 164,403 (±0 / ±534)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,887,405 (±0)

6.8% ±2.4% (975  ±339) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 6.1% † 2,639 (±1.2% / ±528)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,786 (±0.3% / ±1,732)

Housing

21,228 ±522 Number of housing units
  • the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 72,186 ±210
  • Mississippi: 1,330,867 ±236

$110,500 ±$12,198 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: $135,600 ±$6,387
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $125,500 ±$1,286

24.6% ±2.8% (11,122  ±1,261.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 15.8% 26,206 (±1.4% / ±2,244.9)
  • about double the rate in Mississippi: 12.5% 369,237 (±0.3% / ±7,840)

Social

87.7% ±4.6% (24,164  ±1,334.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 87.8% 95,975 (±2.4% / ±2,604.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 85.3% 1,692,077 (±0.5% / ±10,631)
31.3% ±2.8% (8,619  ±783.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 27.1% 29,590 (±1.4% / ±1,487.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 22.8% 451,199 (±0.3% / ±5,701.5)

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

3.2% ±0.6% (1,452  ±280) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 2.2% † 3,738 (±0.3% / ±555)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.3% 69,211 (±0.1% / ±2,258)

5.6% ±1.1% (2,027  ±397) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Hattiesburg, MS Metro Area: 7.8% 9,919 (±0.6% / ±704)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 7.3% 164,687 (±0.1% / ±2,533)
2,027 Total veterans ±397 1,798 Male ±350 229 Female ±120

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