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Laurel, MS

17,679 Population
16.2 square miles 1,088.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 38.6 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$30,835 ±$4,647 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $28,820 ±$1,360
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
$47,661 ±$5,501 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $51,236 ±$2,578
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539

23.3% ±5.8% (4,046  ±1,007) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 18.9% † 15,268 (±2.2% / ±1,747)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)

16.4 minutes ±1.2 (116,300  ±14,761) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 25.9 836,430 (±1.5 / ±56,563)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

6,675 ±464 Number of households
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 31,604 ±632
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
2.6 ±0.2 (17,359  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.6 80,824 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122

2.6% ±2.1% (113  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.6% † 1,219 (±2.2% / ±403)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)

Housing

7,805 ±405 Number of housing units
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 36,959 ±45
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478

$125,800 ±$27,531 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $132,900 † ±$18,287
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198

7.8% ±3.3% (1,373  ±579.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 7.7% † 6,246 (±1.3% / ±1,088.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)

Social

87.1% ±8% (9,705  ±986) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 88% 48,072 (±3.3% / ±1,828.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
21.8% ±3.7% (2,433  ±422.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 19% 10,351 (±1.5% / ±807.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)

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

4.2% ±1.9% (745  ±329) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.4% 1,999
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918

4.6% ±1.7% (595  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,802 (±0.8% / ±492)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
595 Total veterans ±221 590 Male ±221 5 Female ±11

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