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Tupelo, MS Micro Area

132,027 Population
1,397.7 square miles 94.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,849 ±$2,424 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$62,004 ±$7,799 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.7% ±2.7% (17,649  ±3,517) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.6 minutes ±0.4 (1,278,590  ±38,594) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

51,923 ±1,517 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (129,221  ±56) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.9% ±2.7% (1,839  ±832) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

60,609 ±814 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$160,900 ±$15,799 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

7.8% ±1.7% (10,209  ±2,176.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

84.5% ±4.7% (73,606  ±4,188.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
25.6% ±2.6% (22,296  ±2,276.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

2.1% (2,826  ±811) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.6% ±1.2% (4,616  ±1,155) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,616 Total veterans ±1,155 3,856 Male ±1,004 760 Female ±407

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