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Meridian, MS Urban Area

33,359 Population
29.5 square miles 1,132 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,170 ±$1,447 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$34,773 ±$4,406 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

35.5% ±3.9% (11,452  ±1,305) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.5 minutes ±2.3 (232,565  ±33,472) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,233 ±572 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (32,239  ±1,072) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.9% ±2.2% (577  ±185) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,474 ±479 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$108,300 ±$8,678 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.2% ±2% (4,347  ±685) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85% ±4.3% (18,761  ±1,133.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.8% ±2.3% (4,802  ±532.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

2.2% ±0.6% (740  ±192) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±1.7% (2,283  ±430) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,283 Total veterans ±430 2,012 Male ±405 271 Female ±132

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