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Scooba, MS

718 Population
2.5 square miles 289.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

20.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about half the figure in Kemper County: 40.6 ±1.9
  • about half the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about half the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$16,072 ±$12,233 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kemper County: $23,498 ±$1,875
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$-666,666,700 Median household income
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Kemper County: $46,431 † ±$5,352
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

48.9% ±28.6% (151  ±118) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Kemper County: 24.8% † 1,990 (±4.9% / ±391)
  • more than double 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)

22 minutes ±9.3 (4,865  ±3,248) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kemper County: 31.2 104,320 (±2.3 / ±13,066)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

135 ±68 Number of households
  • Kemper County: 3,223 ±177
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (309  ±160) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kemper County: 2.5 7,976 (±0.1 / ±39)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±4.4% (11  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Kemper County: 13.1% † 237 (±7.1% / ±130)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

180 ±71 Number of housing units
  • Kemper County: 3,948 ±22
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$-666,666,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Kemper County: $99,600 † ±$21,335
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.8% ±7.8% (113  ±60.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kemper County: 9.6% † 828 (±3.9% / ±331.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77.4% ±17.3% (154  ±82.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kemper County: 84.3% † 5,046 (±8.9% / ±547.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.1% ±28.6% (46  ±61.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kemper County: 18.6% † 1,112 (±4.6% / ±278.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about two-thirds 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

N/A Foreign-born population

0.9% ±1.4% (6  ±9) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kemper County: 7.5% † 534 (±2% / ±141)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
6 Total veterans ±9 6 Male ±9 N/A Female ±14

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