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Golden Triangle Region--Columbus, Starkville, & West Point Cities PUMA, MS

171,809 Population
3,515.5 square miles 48.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 38.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$27,618 ±$1,377 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Mississippi: $29,045 ±$408
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$47,530 ±$4,741 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $52,719 ±$895
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

20.8% ±2.8% (33,565  ±4,534) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 19.2% 544,104 (±0.6% / ±17,010)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

22.3 minutes ±0.8 (1,491,540  ±63,634) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 29,946,516 (±0.2 / ±313,109)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

71,300 ±2,273 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,148,340 ±8,056
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0.1 (162,531  ±3,157) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,846,324
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.5% ±1.6% (2,010  ±696) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.8% 40,116 (±0.6% / ±3,909)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

83,966 ±1,248 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,342,764 ±204
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$150,700 ±$17,228 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $162,500 ±$2,357
  • about half the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

16.5% ±2.6% (28,110  ±4,446.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 11.1% 322,436 (±0.6% / ±16,363.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

89% ±4% (96,680  ±4,809.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.6% 1,719,796 (±1.1% / ±21,253.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
29.6% ±2.4% (32,089  ±2,680.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 24.8% 486,186 (±0.6% / ±11,778.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

2.6% ±0.3% (4,238  ±,483.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 4% 111,045 (±0.1% / ±3,270.9)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

2.2% ±0.5% (3,850  ±830) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 2.2% 65,448
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6% ±1% (7,999  ±1,366) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.5% 146,793 (±0.3% / ±6,250)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
7,999 Total veterans ±1,366 7,243 Male ±1,233 756 Female ±489

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