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Tupelo, MS Urban Area

41,173 Population
43.3 square miles 951 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,900 ±$2,050 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,090 ±$4,530 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.2% ±2.4% (6,501  ±982) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.3 minutes ±1 (327,100  ±26,300) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,803 ±606 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (40,287  ±1,083) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±1.6% (435  ±168) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

19,174 ±595 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$206,800 ±$7,549 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.8% ±1.6% (3,991  ±678.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.7% ±3.5% (24,124  ±1,240.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32.4% ±2.3% (8,919  ±701.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent 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

3.3% ±0.8% (1,375  ±347) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±0.9% (1,610  ±294) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,610 Total veterans ±294 1,448 Male ±266 162 Female ±80

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