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Quitman, MS

2,161 Population
5.2 square miles 417.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±6.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 40.2 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,632 ±$6,540 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: $28,671 ±$1,022
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,538 ±$4,783 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: $49,822 ±$2,907
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.7% ±9% (573  ±203) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 24.7% 20,692 (±2.3% / ±1,962)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.1 minutes ±13.4 (22,525  ±11,530) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 25.7 864,240 (±1.6 / ±63,222)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

817 ±129 Number of households
  • the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 34,652 ±557
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.5 (2,072  ±297) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 2.4 83,833 (±0 / ±67)
  • 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

16.1% ±17.3% (94  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 6.6% † 1,280 (±1.9% / ±363)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,076 ±135 Number of housing units
  • the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 41,196 ±48
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$118,900 ±$25,914 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: $128,100 ±$11,220
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.9% ±3.6% (149  ±80.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 10.4% † 8,926 (±1.2% / ±999.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.9% ±9.5% (1,236  ±223.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 87% 51,838 (±2.9% / ±1,725.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.5% ±7% (296  ±105) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 22.5% 13,396 (±1.5% / ±869.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about three-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

3.2% ±3.2% (69  ±70) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 1.6% 1,384
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±3.4% (103  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Meridian, MS Micro Area: 7.6% † 5,000 (±0.9% / ±563)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
103 Total veterans ±59 61 Male ±30 42 Female ±48

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