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Itta Bena, MS

1,967 Population
1.4 square miles 1,394.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±7.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 38.3 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,195 ±$3,648 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: $25,650 ±$2,458
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,033 ±$8,276 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: $39,534 † ±$5,211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.1% ±8.1% (396  ±186) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 27.9% † 9,787 (±3.2% / ±1,131)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.8 minutes ±4.8 (13,490  ±5,434) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 22.8 294,325 (±2.1 / ±31,789)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

780 ±159 Number of households
  • the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 14,461 ±438
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (1,967  ±470) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 2.4 35,325 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.1% ±2.6% (12  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 5.8% † 483 (±2.1% / ±179)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

971 ±173 Number of housing units
  • the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 17,583 ±31
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$87,400 ±$16,415 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: $103,600 ±$9,132
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.3% ±2.8% (65  ±56.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 5.9% † 2,140 (±1.5% / ±526.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.9% ±26.4% (1,122  ±244.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 82.3% 20,187 (±4.5% / ±1,135.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.3% ±4.2% (187  ±75.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 21.2% † 5,190 (±2.5% / ±613)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about two-fifths 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

N/A Foreign-born population

2.5% ±2.3% (39  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Greenwood, MS Micro Area: 3.3% † 922 (±0.8% / ±234)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
39 Total veterans ±37 30 Male ±33 9 Female ±16

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