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Okolona, MS

2,601 Population
7.2 square miles 362.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±7.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chickasaw County: 39.8 ±1.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 37.7 ±0.2

Economics

$16,794 ±$3,215 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chickasaw County: $19,113 ±$1,318
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $25,444 ±$208
$23,333 ±$6,280 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chickasaw County: $35,592 ±$3,536
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $46,511 ±$373

33.1% ±14.2% (840  ±361) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chickasaw County: 21.4% † 3,525 (±3.6% / ±590)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.6% 564,439 (±0.4% / ±10,503)

27.5 minutes ±3 (22,300  ±5,366) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Chickasaw County: 23.3 † 147,660 (±2.5 / ±18,140)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.2 30,072,720 (±0.2 / ±336,381)

Families

1,142 ±136 Number of households
  • Chickasaw County: 6,523 ±205
  • Mississippi: 1,116,649 ±4,463
2.2 ±0.3 (2,539  ±94) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chickasaw County: 2.5 16,499 (±0.1 / ±183)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,887,405 (±0)

1.5% ±2.6% (10  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Chickasaw County: 7% † 268 (±3.8% / ±147)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,786 (±0.3% / ±1,732)

Housing

1,280 ±140 Number of housing units
  • Chickasaw County: 7,587 ±77
  • Mississippi: 1,330,867 ±236

$69,200 ±$6,870 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Chickasaw County: $70,000 ±$6,698
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $125,500 ±$1,286

12% ±6.6% (312  ±171.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Chickasaw County: 9.4% † 1,591 (±2.7% / ±461.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 12.5% 369,237 (±0.3% / ±7,840)

Social

86.6% ±11% (1,432  ±237.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chickasaw County: 77.4% 8,752 (±5.7% / ±654)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 85.3% 1,692,077 (±0.5% / ±10,631)
12% ±5.2% (199  ±88.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chickasaw County: 12.5% † 1,411 (±2.3% / ±256.1)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 22.8% 451,199 (±0.3% / ±5,701.5)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

8.2% ±6.5% (147  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Chickasaw County: 3.5% † 444 (±1% / ±134)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 7.3% 164,687 (±0.1% / ±2,533)
147 Total veterans ±117 46 Male ±23 101 Female ±110

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