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Vicksburg, MS

20,944 Population
33 square miles 634.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 40.3 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$27,881 ±$2,775 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: $33,217 ±$1,747
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$42,484 ±$7,292 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: $56,648 ±$2,110
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

27.9% ±4.9% (5,739  ±1,017) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 20.3% † 8,738 (±2.8% / ±1,221)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

17 minutes ±1 (140,180  ±13,352) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 21.9 394,285 (±1.4 / ±30,919)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

8,158 ±434 Number of households
  • the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 16,816 ±402
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.5 ±0.1 (20,406  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 2.6 43,079 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

3.9% ±2.2% (191  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 5.4% † 537 (±2.1% / ±207)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

10,677 ±406 Number of housing units
  • the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 21,542 ±30
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$117,000 ±$6,154 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: $144,400 ±$10,795
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

8.5% ±2.3% (1,780  ±488.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 7.7% † 3,338 (±1.7% / ±718.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

84.8% ±5.4% (12,178  ±841.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 88.1% 26,158 (±4.1% / ±1,220)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
23.9% ±3.1% (3,435  ±457.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 26.5% 7,864 (±2.3% / ±683.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

1.6% ±0.7% (337  ±144) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 1.4% 600
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

5.6% ±1.4% (888  ±230) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Vicksburg, MS Micro Area: 6.3% † 2,101 (±1% / ±344)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
888 Total veterans ±230 842 Male ±227 46 Female ±39

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