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South Region--Forrest, Lamar, Marion & Perry Counties PUMA, MS

180,418 Population
2,152.3 square miles 83.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,103 ±$1,926 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $32,749 ±$563
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$61,219 ±$5,282 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $59,127 ±$1,560
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.8% ±3.2% (29,202  ±5,645) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 17.8% 507,719 (±0.8% / ±23,283)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25 minutes ±1 (1,912,490  ±89,105) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

71,242 ±1,772 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,176,690 ±8,112
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (174,634  ±2,018) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,855,600
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.2% ±1.3% (1,440  ±584) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 41,094 (±0.6% / ±3,992)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

80,090 ±1,408 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,359,223 ±158
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$201,000 ±$13,391 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $186,500 ±$3,787
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.1% ±2.1% (18,026  ±3,727.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 310,194 (±0.6% / ±16,408.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.9% ±4.4% (108,200  ±5,495.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 88% 1,745,605 (±1.1% / ±22,402.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
30.6% ±2.6% (36,058  ±3,185.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 27% 535,919 (±0.6% / ±12,398.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

3.6% ±0.5% (6,073  ±830.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 4.3% 118,835 (±0.1% / ±2,765.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

3.2% ±0.9% (5,844  ±1,531) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.7% 79,645
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.3% ±0.9% (7,366  ±1,286) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.3% 141,422 (±0.3% / ±6,255)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,366 Total veterans ±1,286 6,816 Male ±1,143 550 Female ±384

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