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Laurel, MS

17,241 Population
16.2 square miles 1,061.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 38.6 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,148 ±$3,344 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $25,673 ±$1,159
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $29,209 ±$294
$36,336 ±$2,953 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $48,389 ±$2,529
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $52,985 ±$527

32.6% ±7% (5,479  ±1,178) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 20.5% † 16,718 (±2.4% / ±1,972)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.2% 548,804 (±0.3% / ±8,778)

17.5 minutes ±1.7 (113,080  ±17,559) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 27 901,905 (±1.8 / ±67,337)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 29,946,516 (±0.2 / ±313,109)

Families

6,443 ±433 Number of households
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 30,770 ±595
  • Mississippi: 1,121,269 ±4,612
2.6 ±0.2 (16,836  ±23) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.7 81,587 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,864,355

8.1% ±4.4% (313  ±174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 5.5% † 1,031 (±1.8% / ±332)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,301 (±0.3% / ±1,800)

Housing

7,710 ±437 Number of housing units
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 36,688 ±39
  • Mississippi: 1,324,992 ±359

$111,300 ±$13,788 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $118,000 ±$7,341
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $151,000 ±$1,427

6.4% ±2.2% (1,076  ±372) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 7.6% † 6,232 (±1.3% / ±1,052.8)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 11.7% 341,664 (±0.3% / ±7,788.3)

Social

81.4% ±6.9% (9,242  ±,893.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 86.6% 48,052 (±3.3% / ±1,826.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 86.2% 1,697,223 (±0.6% / ±11,026.6)
21.9% ±3.8% (2,485  ±,451.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 19.6% 10,843 (±1.5% / ±,818.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 23.9% 470,071 (±0.3% / ±5,804.1)

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

3.3% ±1.5% (560  ±258) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2% 1,652
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.3% 68,257

6% ±2% (780  ±256) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.3% † 3,967 (±0.9% / ±555)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 155,583 (±0.1% / ±3,073)
780 Total veterans ±256 752 Male ±258 28 Female ±32

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