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Okolona, MS

2,591 Population
7.2 square miles 361 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±7.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chickasaw County: 36.8 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$18,539 ±$2,733 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Chickasaw County: $19,556 ±$1,378
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $23,434 ±$187
$23,785 ±$4,430 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chickasaw County: $35,939 ±$3,065
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $43,567 ±$395

27.7% ±8.2% (701  ±208) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Chickasaw County: 21.2% † 3,576 (±3.5% / ±589)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 20.8% 599,795 (±0.3% / ±9,117)

21.8 minutes ±2.2 (20,250  ±3,867) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chickasaw County: 24.4 158,900 (±1.6 / ±13,199)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 24.6 29,189,080 (±0.2 / ±284,331)

Families

1,147 ±134 Number of households
  • Chickasaw County: 6,426 ±222
  • Mississippi: 1,105,576 ±4,591
2.2 ±0.3 (2,529  ±94) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chickasaw County: 2.6 16,897 (±0.1 / ±189)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,892,341 (±0)

3.2% ±3.9% (21  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Chickasaw County: 9.2% † 356 (±4.9% / ±192)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 5.2% 37,215 (±0.2% / ±1,701)

Housing

1,321 ±126 Number of housing units
  • Chickasaw County: 7,604 ±75
  • Mississippi: 1,316,108 ±346

$65,900 ±$9,083 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Chickasaw County: $66,000 ±$6,528
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $114,500 ±$1,016

7.2% ±4.5% (185  ±114.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chickasaw County: 8.8% † 1,513 (±2.6% / ±439.1)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 13.4% 395,488 (±0.3% / ±8,272.2)

Social

68.4% ±8% (1,266  ±184.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chickasaw County: 72.3% 8,206 (±4.8% / ±547.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 83.9% 1,650,969 (±0.5% / ±9,179.1)
10.8% ±4.4% (200  ±83) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chickasaw County: 12.4% † 1,405 (±2.1% / ±243)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 21.8% 429,177 (±0.2% / ±4,753.4)

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

0.3% ±0.5% (8  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Chickasaw County: 2% † 342 (±1.2% / ±209)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 2.3% 69,752 (±0.1% / ±2,004)

3.3% ±1.3% (66  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chickasaw County: 4.2% † 539 (±1% / ±130)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 7.5% 168,996 (±0.1% / ±3,046)
66 Total veterans ±27 66 Male ±27 N/A Female ±13

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