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East Central Region--Jasper, Leake, Kemper, Neshoba, Scott & Smith Counties PUMA, MS

115,959 Population
3,841 square miles 30.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$24,082 ±$1,571 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,807 ±$569
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$46,685 ±$3,026 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $54,203 ±$1,260
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

21.4% ±3.6% (24,079  ±4,097) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 18% 512,184 (±0.8% / ±21,949)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

28.4 minutes ±0.9 (1,236,965  ±56,982) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

45,886 ±1,970 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,166,617 ±7,610
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (114,036  ±3,953) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,845,770
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

7.3% ±3.2% (1,977  ±887) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.6% † 38,972 (±0.6% / ±4,001)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

52,771 ±1,737 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,350,552 ±165
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$114,000 ±$8,576 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$2,842
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

6.3% ±1.6% (7,245  ±1,865.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 10.5% 305,979 (±0.5% / ±14,727.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

83.7% ±4.1% (64,242  ±3,815.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 87.8% 1,737,718 (±1.1% / ±21,525.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
14.8% ±1.9% (11,363  ±1,506.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 25.5% 505,672 (±0.6% / ±11,494.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

7.7% ±0.6% (8,350  ±619.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • nearly double the rate in Mississippi: 4.2% 116,535 (±0.1% / ±3,486.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

2% ±0.8% (2,312  ±920) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.6% 75,165
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.5% ±1.1% (5,752  ±1,029) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 156,102 (±0.3% / ±6,129)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,752 Total veterans ±1,029 5,260 Male ±1,030 492 Female ±383

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