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Yazoo City, MS

10,270 Population
10.1 square miles 1,018.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$17,443 ±$2,544 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $33,883 ±$632
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$28,722 ±$3,501 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $60,489 ±$1,100
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

45% ±7.7% (4,468  ±761) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 17.4% 103,026 (±0.7% / ±4,258)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

25 minutes ±4.6 (87,700  ±17,959) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 25.1 6,324,715 (±0.5 / ±147,160)
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

3,594 ±287 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 236,483 ±1,501
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.8 ±0.2 (9,927  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5 591,502 (±0 / ±458)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

3.2% ±3.7% (80  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 5.3% 7,823 (±0.4% / ±566)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

4,203 ±251 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 270,686 ±200
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$93,000 ±$14,504 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $188,500 ±$3,737
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

6.4% ±2.6% (650  ±265.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 11.6% 70,806 (±0.6% / ±3,348.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

74.7% ±7.9% (4,631  ±542.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 88.1% 363,603 (±1.2% / ±5,009.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
12.1% ±3.4% (750  ±212.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 31.6% 130,296 (±0.8% / ±3,198.7)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

0% ±0.1% (3  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.6% 16,091
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

4.4% ±1.9% (310  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 6% 28,011 (±0.3% / ±1,198)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
310 Total veterans ±136 232 Male ±125 78 Female ±61

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