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South Region--George, Hancock, Pearl River & Stone Counties PUMA, MS

150,971 Population
2,209.5 square miles 68.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,763 ±$1,802 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
$59,210 ±$5,525 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Mississippi: $59,127 ±$1,560
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.8% ±2.7% (23,438  ±3,987) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 17.8% 507,719 (±0.8% / ±23,283)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

33.8 minutes ±1.3 (1,860,370  ±90,444) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

60,060 ±1,985 Number of households
  • Mississippi: 1,176,690 ±8,112
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (148,187  ±98) 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

5.5% ±2.5% (1,748  ±788) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 41,094 (±0.6% / ±3,992)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

68,811 ±1,084 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi: 1,359,223 ±158
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$221,600 ±$12,441 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $186,500 ±$3,787
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.3% ±1.8% (12,376  ±2,729.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 310,194 (±0.6% / ±16,408.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

85.5% ±4.4% (90,824  ±4,869.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 88% 1,745,605 (±1.1% / ±22,402.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
24.1% ±2.4% (25,652  ±2,543.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 27% 535,919 (±0.6% / ±12,398.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

2.9% ±0.5% (4,008  ±624.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds 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)

2.5% (3,824  ±1,032) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.7% 79,645
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.7% ±1.3% (9,097  ±1,508) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.3% 141,422 (±0.3% / ±6,255)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
9,097 Total veterans ±1,508 7,667 Male ±1,382 1,430 Female ±664

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